A vegan way of living?
Mrs Hanbury’s and Ms Amao’s Year 9 Food groups had the pleasure of a visit from an education speaker, Anant Joshi from Animal Aid last week to help consolidate the topic of...
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Mrs Hanbury’s and Ms Amao’s Year 9 Food groups had the pleasure of a visit from an education speaker, Anant Joshi from Animal Aid last week to help consolidate the topic of...
Posted by Alison Hanbury
In preparation for British Science Week 2025, our Year 9 Food students have been busy in the kitchen, exploring the fascinating science behind bread-making. Over the past few...
Posted by Alison Hanbury
Healthy Eating the Chinese Way! Both Year 10 food groups had a real culinary treat this week when they had a visit from the Ming-Ai (London) Institute. Two healthy eating...
Posted by Alison Hanbury
Our Year 12 students have made an impressive start to the Level 3 Food Science and Nutrition course! This program is designed for those looking to deepen their understanding of...
Posted by Unami Tenga
Two talented students from Bushey Meads School participated in the prestigious Rotary Young Chef competition hosted by Andy Wakeford, Head of School for Food Academy &...
Posted by Alison Hanbury
Mrs Hanbury’s and Ms Amao’s Year 9 Food groups had the pleasure of a visit from an education speaker, Anant Joshi from Animal Aid last week to help consolidate the topic of Vegetarian and vegan this week.
As of early 2024, approximately 2.5 million UK adults (~4.7%) follow a vegan diet—a jump of +1.1 million since 2023 (VIVA.ORG)
Did you know that a meat eater will eat on average 4,500 fish, 80 turkeys and 30 sheep in their lifetime!
Animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust from all transportation.
85% of the meat eaten from the UK is produced in a factory farm
A dairy farm with 2,500 cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people.
These are just the environmental issues we have been looking at. We hope the meat we eat has been reared and transported in humane conditions but the Food Standard Agency reported from undercover footage from Devon showed farrowing crates confining sows over 90% of the time, triggering renewed calls to ban the practice affecting ~200,000 sows annually theguardian.com.
The Year 9’s have been cooking some beautiful vegan dishes this week including spring rolls and samosas!
In preparation for their first practical in Food Technology, Year 7 students carried out experiments to solve the problem of enzymatic browning in fruits. Pieces of apple were put...
I continue to be inundated with delicious looking food my students have been making from the planned activities I have been sending home. I am particularly proud of my Year 10’s...