Food Conerns

Sustainable Food Guide

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Food Concerns ..

Choose 6- 10 people at your work.
Cover a cross section of your workforce, including cleaners,
porters or technicians, supervisors and managers.
Copy the survey form below and send or talk with each person.
Find out what they consider are their main concerns about the food they eat.
Find out their reasons for selection. Make notes. Use your notes to write a paragraph or two of your conclusions.
Explain why you think the people came up with their particular choices.
Allow an hour (maximum) to complete this activity (5 mins for each person, 1/2 hr to write up)

Ask each person about the food they eat:

*Food Concerns*	*Yes/No/Not Applicable (e.g Veggie)*
*1. Are you concerned about Animal Welfare?*
*2. Do you check for chemicals (Pesticides or Additives) in your food?*
*3. Would you prefer to have 'GM' free food?*
*4. Can you 'read' food labels*
*5. Are you bothered about the regular use of antibiotics or hormones in meat production?*
*6. Do you ever buy "FairTrade" products?*
*7. Do you ever buy 'Organic' food?*	*Often/Occasionally/Rarely/Never*
*8. Do you avoid eating beef to be sure about BSE contamination?*
*9. Do you do anything to protect against Salmonella infection?*
*10. Do you ask whether the fish is from a farm, river, or sea?*
*11. Do you go out of your way to buy locally sourced food?*
*12. Do you look for where your tea/coffee comes from?*
*13. Are any of the people you know who work in the food cycle well off ?*	*Most/Some/None*
*14. Do you trust company/government scientists are telling you the truth?*

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