Globalization+of+Food

=Task 1: Read the link below to access information about the globalization of food and read the story of the potato. Consider the answers to the questions below. =

Reading: [|Yale Center for the Study of Globalization]



 * Task 2: Now undertake the same summary for tea and complete a chart like the one above and post it to managebac. **

=Reading:[|How a Soothing Drink Changed Fortunes and Incited Protests] =

Consider the following areas
 * Negative impact on a local population
 * Positive impact for a nation
 * Political event(s) tied to the value of tea
 * How valuable is tea? Why

= = = Task 3: The global impact of the cultivation and use of tea has been immense. This impact can be examined in transnational and local terms. After reading the article above and submitting your findings in a chart, research on a food of your own choice and be prepared to present your findings to the class the next time we meet. =