Misconceptions & Reasoning
📋 What it is
Test "obvious" farming beliefs against evidence — food and farming myths are everywhere.
🗣️ Coach says
Farming has feels-right-but-wrong ideas: more fertiliser isn’t always better (too much harms plants and pollutes water), brown eggs aren’t healthier than white (just a different hen), and "farm-fresh" produce in shops may still have travelled far. Reason from evidence — farming is full of careful trade-offs.
🧠 Memory hook
Feels-true ≠ is-true. More fertiliser ≠ better (excess pollutes); brown eggs ≠ healthier than white.
😂 Giggle
Why did the tomato turn red?
Because it saw the salad dressing!
😲 Whoa!
Adding too much fertiliser can actually "burn" and kill plants, and the excess washes into rivers causing pollution — with fertiliser, more is definitely not always better.
✅ Quick check: Is adding more fertiliser always better for crops?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
No — too much can harm plants and pollute waterways; the right amount matters, not the most.
Excess fertiliser damages plants and the environment.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Find one food/farm belief and check it — real science, or a myth (brown vs white eggs)?