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Food Production and Supply Chains — Revision notes
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Key terms
- Processing
- Changing a food from its natural state
- Processed food
- Food that has been changed from its natural state, so it lasts far longer on the shelf
- Global company
- A business that operates in more than one country
- Globalisation
- Countries being linked together through the shops we use every week
- Supply chain
- Every stage involved in producing something, moving it and selling it to customers
- Global supply chain
- A supply chain whose journey crosses several countries
- Raw materials
- Things that are grown or dug out of the ground before they are made into anything
- Food miles
- The distance food travels from where it is grown or made to where it is eaten
- Greenhouse gases
- Gases such as carbon dioxide that add to global warming
- The tropics
- The warm area of the world close to the equator
- Import
- Goods brought in from another country
- Export
- Goods sold to another country
- Interdependence
- When countries depend on each other
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What this lesson covers
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- Explain why supermarkets replaced lots of small local shops
- Describe what a global company is, using Tesco as an example
- Outline the five stages of a supply chain, starting with raw materials
- Trace the journey of a loaf of bread and a chocolate bar to the shop
- Explain what food miles are and why they affect the environment
- Compare imports and exports and explain why countries are interdependent
Test yourself
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- Which of these is NOT a reason people switched to supermarkets?
- Where does a food supply chain actually begin?
- Roughly how much of the fresh fruit eaten in the UK is imported?
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