Food and fibre
Overview
Food and fibre connections provide a framework for all young Australians to understand and value primary industries. Students have the opportunity to gain knowledge, skills and understandings about the production of the food they eat, fibres they use and the environment they live in. This learning addresses the key processes of production, marketing, consumption and sustainable use of resources and waste recycling.
Food and fibre connections provide rich opportunities to address aspects of the cross-curriculum priorities, in particular Sustainability.
The following descriptions provide an overview of how cross-curriculum priorities may be addressed through a food and fibre connection.
Food and fibres are the human-produced or harvested resources used to directly sustain human life and are produced in managed environments such as farms and plantations or harvested from wild stocks. Challenges for world food and fibre production include an increasing world population, an uncertain climate and competition for resources such as land and water. Students need to engage in these challenges by understanding the processes of food and fibre production and by investigating innovative and sustainable ways of supplying agriculturally produced raw materials.
Through the food and fibre connection, students have the opportunity to gain knowledge, skills and understandings about the production of the food they eat, fibres they use and the environment they live in. This would ideally address key processes of production, marketing, consumption, sustainable use of resources and waste recycling; that is, complete paddock to plate or forest to building and beyond.