FOOD PROVENANCE

BY LITHIKA SANTHANAKRISHNAN
 FOOD PROVENANCE
• where food is grown, reared or caught, as well as knowing how it was
produced and transported.
• Food provenance has many benefits and some of those are freshness of food
material, natural environment, expertise in production, great quality of food
material, and is a motivation for consumers to purchase those products
over alternatives.
• It is important to know the provenance of the food because it allows people to
verify the authenticity of products, thereby eliminating counterfeits and
building trust.
 FOOD ORIGIN
• Food origin is knowing the place from where we get food, food processing and it's
use and consumption.
• All food comes from either a plant or an animal.
• It is usually used in builds consumer confidence in the brand.
• It is important because it helps to ensure food safety, quality and transparency in the
supply chain.
• Knowing where a product comes from can help ensure that it has been produced
under safe and ethical conditions and help protect consumers from food fraud.
 Food miles
• The distance between where something is grown to where it’s eaten is what
we mean food miles.
• Calculating food miles is used in testing the environmental impact of food,
such as the carbon footprint of the food. Also help us measure the impact
food has on our planet when it travels from the farm to our house.
• The more food miles a food has, the less sustainable it is and the less
environmentally desirable it is. So, if your ingredients have come a long
way, they may have a heavy carbon footprint.
• Food miles contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and air-pollution and
this can cause climate change by trapping heat.
 HOW CAN WE REDUCE FOOD MILES
• Buying food from your local area is a very effective way to reduce food miles. By this you
can also see the place where the food is from.
• Also Shopping directly at farmers markets can help. It is one of the best place to
find fresh seasonal food also which are organic.
• Growing your own vegetables.
• Eating seasonally. Which means you will be eating food that is produced within your
area. This can do a very big change.
• Not using a vehicle often especially if it causes pollution is an effective way.
• Shop less frequently.
• We can also find local farms where we can pick our own vegetables and fruits.
 SUSTAINABLE FOODS
• This type of healthy eating is rich in vegetables, encourages the
consumption of local products that is the fruits and vegetables that are
grown within the local area, generates less waste and limits the
consumption of meat and fish to protect biodiversity it also minimizes
the contribution to climate change as it often means eating more local
food which is not transported too far.
• Example for sustainable food are: pulsus like chickpeas, peas and
beans. Leafy green like spinach, kale, broccoli and so on. Mushrooms.
Locally grown fruits like blackberries, blackcurrants,
blueberries, gooseberries, plums etc. Grass-fed beef. Oats. Fig . And a
lot more.
 What is carbon emission
• Carbon Emissions means the release of greenhouse gases
and their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified
area and period-of-time.
• By adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere which is
carbon emission, people are supercharging the natural
greenhouse effect, causing global temperature to rise.
• It can also lead to global warming as it traps the sun's heat on
the planet.
 GLOBAL CLIMATE ISSUES
• Rising temperatures are fueling environmental degradation,
natural disasters, weather extremes, food and water insecurity,
economic disruption, conflict, and terrorism. Sea levels are
rising, the Arctic is melting, coral reefs are dying, oceans are
acidifying, and forests are burning.
• Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing
humanity. Climate impacts are already harming health, through
air pollution, disease, extreme weather events, forced
displacement, pressures on mental health, and increased hunger
and poor nutrition in places where people cannot grow or find
sufficient food.
 • Assurance schemes allow farmers to demonstrate that
the food they have produced has met specific,
independently certified standards at each stage of the
supply chain from 'farm to fork'.
• RED TRACTOR is a world-leading food chain assurance
FOOD scheme that underpins the high standards of British
food & drink. It's logo represents over 20 years of driving
ASSURENCE world leading British food standards.
• FAIR TRACTOR Fair trade is a worldwide movement that
SCHEME aims to help farmers and producers in less economically
developed countries (LEDCs). The term fair trade means
that they receive a fair price for the goods that they
produce. Goods that are produced and sold in support
of these aims usually carry a fair-trade label.The
Fairtrade Mark symbol is made up of a blue sky that
symbolises optimism, and an arm, raised in the air – this
symbolises empowerment.
FARMING METHODS
 ORGANIC FARMING
• Organic farming is a method of agricultural production that excludes the
use of synthetic substances, such as pesticides, synthetic medicines or
fertilizers, and genetically modified organisms.
• An organic farmer's aim is to produce high-quality food, using methods
that benefit our whole food system, from people to planet, plant health
to animal welfare.
• Organic farming is widely considered to be a far more sustainable
alternative when it comes to food production. The lack of pesticides and
wider variety of plants enhances biodiversity and results in better soil .
• Organic food is more expensive because farmers do not get as much out
of their land as conventional farmers do.
 INTENSIVE FARMING
• The agricultural intensification and mechanization system that is based on
maximizing the yields from available land through heavy use of pesticides
and chemical fertilizers is intensive farming.
• Intensive farming practices allow agriculture to keep pace with population
growth but can be very harmful to the environment as it leads to loss of wildlife,
soil and water pollution, and poor animal welfare. Intensive farming can have
loads of impact on soil such as acidification, nitrification, desertification, decline
in organic matter in soil and so on.
• Intensive farming is mainly used to maximize the amount of food produced.
Most of the meat, fruit and vegetables, dairy products and eggs found in our
supermarkets come from intensive farming so it is important for our food
security.

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 BARN REARED ANIMALS
• Barn-raised chickens are raised in large indoor facilities, typically
with more than 1000 birds in one barn. While these chickens may
have some access to the outdoors, they are typically confined to the
barn for the majority of their lives. People do this because shelter
animals and protect them from predators, diseases, bad weather,
and extreme temperatures but this often causes the animals to
inflict injuries on each other out of sheer boredom, frustration and
stress.
• Livestock barns are engineered to meet the needs of specific
livestock—dairy cows, beef cattle, turkeys, chickens, sheep, pigs
and so on.
 • Hydroponics is the technique of growing plants
using a water-based nutrient solution rather than
soil, and can include an aggregate substrate, or
growing media, such as vermiculite, coconut
coir, or perlite.
HYDROPONIC • Hydroponics can be a plant growing in a pot of
FARMING inert aggregate and given water containing a
liquid fertiliser from a watering can sufficiently
often that is does not dry out. The spaces
between the aggregate contain air so that roots
do not suffocate. Also it should be placed where
the plants can get at least 6 hours of sunlight per
day.
 FREE-RANGE FARMING

• A method of farming husbandry where the animals, for at least part of the
day, can roam freely outdoors, rather than being confined in an enclosure for
24 hours each day.
• Free-range meat has been indicated as having a greater amount of nutrients
and protein than meat taken from animals confined to feeding on corn or
ones that haven't grazed. For example, grass-fed beef is not only leaner than
standard beef but actually has about a third of the fat contained within.
• free range is often poorly defined, poorly enforced and is a set of standards
not much better than the minimum welfare requirements for these animals.
 FISH FARMING
• Large numbers of fish are kept in freshwater or seawater enclosures and are
carefully controlled in different ways. This helps to ensure high yields
. Worldwide, the most important fish species produced in fish farming are carp,
catfish, salmon etc.
• Breeding them and eventually killing them to be sold for their meat is the main
reason for us to practice fish farming.
• The discharge of chemicals used as treatments, fish faces and excess feed in the
surrounding water; actions preventing predators; and escapes of domesticated
species.
• Fish farming is ethically and environmentally problematic if practiced.
 GENITICALLY MODIFIED
• Plants, animals or microorganisms in which the genetic material has been
altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural
recombination. They are modified according to the desired characters.
• We have more benefits like the food can be tastier, more nutritious, also it
can be made draught resistant which require only few environmental
resources like water and fertilizer , with reduced cost and long self-life.
• The results of most studies with GM foods indicate that they may cause
some common toxic effects such as hepatic, pancreatic, renal, or
reproductive effects and may alter the hematological, biochemical, and
immunologic parameters.
• Most commom genetically modified food are soy, rice, corn, papaya,
tomatoes, beets, zucchini, canola oil and so on .
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