CTS 10-12: Food Science: Sustainability

Entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once widespread throughout cultures. Although it may not be common in North America, insects feed about 2 billion people each day.

Elizabeth explains why you don't need to be afraid of picking up your grocery store’s funky-looking fruit.

What causes those wonderful tastes in our mouths for foods such as coffee and chocolate? Would you have guessed--microbes?

A playlist of videos about how to source and use sustainable seafood in a restaurant.

This type of restaurant has come out of the need to meet every higher numbers of consumers who want sustainable healthy food and who are aware that having certain lifestyle habits reduces environmental impact.

This two-part interactive game introduces the concepts of interdependence and globalization through the geography of food.

Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life. You can learn all about the slow food movement through this website.

Trace the globe-spanning journey of coffee as it goes from plant to brew, and the complex infrastructure that makes it possible.

Users can select different countries or regions to see how consumption patterns have changed in the last 50 years.