Title: Identify sustainable practices related to food-product development.
Course: Food Science and Dietetics (19254) > Section: Examining Product Development

Identification should include

- outlining the impact of sustainable lifestyles, sustainable diets, food loss and food waste management, and recycling on food-product development
- illustrating how sustainability, climate change, biodiversity, water, food and nutrition security, right-to-food, and diets are all connected.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why should we be concerned about the environmental impact of food product development?
- What criteria do consumers use when selecting packaged foods?

Communication

- Why do manufacturers package the same product in a variety of ways?
- What communication skills can encourage sustainable production and practices?

Leadership

- Should manufacturers be held accountable for waste incurred from packaging? Why, or why not?
- What are the benefits of sustainability?

Management

- What steps can manufacturers take to reduce waste?
- How can processes be designed to be more sustainable?
- Why should the sustainability of sourcing be considered?