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Using Our Land (student handout)
Food Miles: How far did your food travel?
Directions:
You will look at food labels for an entire day's worth of meals. You need to find where the food was distributed from and use
Google to look up the distance between that city and your own city. Record the food miles on your worksheet.
Meal Food Item Place of Origin Distance Traveled (mi.)
Breakfast
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Lunch
3.
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Dinner
6.
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Snack 12.
Total Miles Traveled:
Name Period Date
Results: How far did your food travel? Were you surprised by this number?
