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Good Food Map Reviews

4.3 Rating 107 Reviews
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, user friendly, exciting
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? we didn't really go into this part of the kit
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Contacting Bunnings for support to make a Pataka Kai box for our local community (not finished yet)
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? The opportunity for community sponsorship for an idea that they came up with.
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Community gardens to share our own grown produce to others
We used the Good Food Map kit as a platform to investigate fruit and vegetables that were in our local community with the thought of sharing with one anoter and for those in need any excess produce.
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Posted 22 hours ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, inspiring, meaningful
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It opened their eyes to the amount of food we all waste
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Give to people who don't have enough food
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Food pantries in wider local area
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Thinking about starting a food pantry outside the school
Good for encouraging students to think about food in their local area. Made students more aware of food waste.
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Posted 2 days ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Thoughtful, easy, opening
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It started with the waste from the school lunches and how we could lessen this.
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Helping the homeless
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Vegetable gardens and they can be used as a community
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Creating our own vege garden. Maybe have some chooks
This was easy to follow and easy to adapt to the classes needs
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Posted 2 days ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Thought provoking, engaging, interesting
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? n/a
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? n/a
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? n/a
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? yes
Great kit, but wasnt suited for what I really wanted to do.
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Posted 4 days ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, hands-on, engaging.
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Understanding about the local shops that is trying to reduce waste.
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Worm faming.
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? That shops are using environmentally friendly packing.
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Yes
The students have been learning about food fermentation and the importance of reducing waste, i.e, canning the extra vegetables, and fermenting them. We have included this in our Garden to Table programme.
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Posted 4 days ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, fun and educational
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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? They were beginning to understand
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Composting or using the food to make petrol
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Fruit trees - discussions around fruit and seeds
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Its been very helpful with garden to table.
This was such a fun and engaging kit for both the students and me!
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Posted 1 week ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, interactive, informative
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Students were able to see the waste locally and then understand it at a national and international scale. We looked at the population of NZ compared to other countries which also make them think of waste differently.
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Having a community pig farm where all food waste went into feeding them!
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? They were surprised how many places served food in our local community.
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Students were definitely more aware of recycling their food scraps at school.
We used this Kit to research our local food providers and contact them to see what they did with food waste. This was a real eye opener for the students. We used the resources to look at ways to preserve food and ways to use food that was past it's peak. This was great to connect with statistics.
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Posted 1 week ago
What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Informative, Interesting
How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?
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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?
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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Perspective!
What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? How to use the waste (Vege scraps - stocks) etc
Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?
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Prompted some discussion
Exceptionally well
What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? NA
Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Thinking about a school composting system
This is a great tool for encouraging students to think about food in their local area. It enouraged lots of thoughful korero among student
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Posted 1 week ago