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Real Food: The Cost of Convenience

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Catalogue Number:  200213
ISBN Number:  1-55740-527-1
Producer:  Learning Seed
Subject:  Family Studies/Home Economics
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin:  United States
Copyright Year:  2008
Running Time:  24
Closed Captions:  Yes


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What do you buy most in a supermarket? Hint: It's not food. Most of your dollars are spent for slicing, dicing, portioning, and packaging. In short, you pay for convenience. But are those few saved moments worth the cost?

Real Food illustrates how much we pay - in dollars and nutrition - when we buy processed foods. Using compelling and memorable examples, viewers will learn how buying local products, fresh ingredients, and raw foods will impact their health as well as their wallets.

Learn:

  • What you're really paying for at the supermarket.
  • That "food processors" aren't just small kitchen appliances.
  • The most popular foods that are processed, and how!
  • How a food's form increases its costs.
  • About packaging and portioning in groceries.
  • The trade off between convenience and freedom.
  • The relationship of particle board to seafood products.
  • About the lost art of popping corn.
  • How fresh, local, and raw can be satisfying choices.
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Viewers will learn a great deal about the cost and nutritional value of convenience foods. - School Library Journal


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