FOOD is perhaps the most important "living geography" topic, and I am currently working on a project to write some materials for the IB Geography specification - take a look if you haven't done already at Rich Allaway's Geography all the Way website to see what he's doing in the way of resources.
As part of the unit that I wrote on Food Security, I included a section on food banks in the UK, and the work of the Trussell Trust.
The unit started with the resource above....
The idea is that students might expect the description to refer to a family living in certain parts of the world, but would not naturally expect it to be a family in the UK. Now, it looks like food banks are going to become even more important, and the work of the Trussell Trust even more so....
This BBC News article describes one family's problems with the rising cost of living. As a result of this they had to turn to a food bank for support.
There are also more stories on the Trussell Trust website, as well as advice for how to help.
The newspapers are always using stories on the issue of food prices and the impact they are having, and it would be well worth starting a collection of those for the time when you teach about food.
This is also an issue which needs teaching with sensitivity, and the knowledge that there may well be students in the classes that you teach that go to bed hungry....
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