Food Processing & Preservation
📋 What it is
After harvest, food is processed and preserved to stay safe, last longer and reach far-off tables.
🗣️ Coach says
Harvesting is just the start. Crops and animal products are PROCESSED (milled, pasteurised, packaged) and PRESERVED (canned, frozen, dried) so they stay safe, last longer, and travel to people far from the farm. This "farm to table" journey uses lots of food science to prevent spoilage and waste.
🧠 Memory hook
After harvest: process + preserve (can/freeze/dry) → food stays safe, lasts, and travels far. Farm to table.
😂 Giggle
The chicken and the egg had a food miles debate.
The chicken said, "I came first." The egg said, "Prove it."
😲 Whoa!
Roughly a third of all food produced worldwide is wasted — better processing, preservation and storage is one of the biggest ways to feed more people without farming more land.
✅ Quick check: Why are crops processed and preserved after harvest?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
To keep them safe, make them last longer, and let them travel to people far from the farm — reducing spoilage/waste.
Processing/preservation extends shelf life and reach.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Trace a food from farm to your plate (wheat → flour → bread) — the processing journey.