ERASMUS+ FOOD FOR THOUGHT

1. ERASMUS +
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
5th Geniko Lyceum Veroias
GREECE
2015-2016
European Food production methods

2. questionnaire
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FWSW8CX
results
https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-XQYRKGWJ/

3. first activity
Organic Cultivation
Organic Cultivation rejects the use of synthetic
chemicals

4. •Organic Cultivation rejects the use of synthetic
chemicals such as synthetic pesticides,fertilizers,
pesticides and genetically modified organisms
• In some countries, mainly in Europe, organic farming
is defined by law, that the commercial use of the term
"Organic" is subject to control by the state.

5. •Some kind of "accreditation" charges farmers a fee,
making it illegal to sell products with the title
"Organic" without this accreditation.
•Biological culture is a culture method which minimizes
or completely avoids the use of synthetic fertilizers.

6. The most important factors for proper plant growth in
organic farming are:
1. The appropriate substrate (soil or other substrate)
2. The proper fertilizing
3. The appropriate watering
4. The biological control insect pests and weeds
5. The proper placement and orientation of the field
area
6. The proper maintenance of the substrate,
depending on the type of crops

7. •The production and consumption of organic products is
increasing in all Western countries.
•Especially in Europe there has been a very sharp
increase in the consumption of organic farming products.
•The institution of "popular organic market" has been
established in some cities in Greece in parallel with
traditional market stalls.

8. Meeting Mr Karelis in the countryside near our city,
Veria.
He cultivates bio products.
Our first activity

9. He cultivates 500
acres of land with
Bio products such as:
Peaches, apples,
leeks, peppers

10. There are many
difficulties but also
perspectives of Bio
cultivation in the
prefecture of Imathia.

11. He said that the difficulties, a farmer of bio
products faces, have to do with the climate change,
the encountering of diseases and the consumers’lack
of interest due to their ignorance of the bio
products value

12. He cultivates “zea” wheat which is good for the brain
operation and protects our body from diseases.

13. second activity
Animal husbandry
•Animal husbandry is that field of economy that
deals with the breeding and exploitation of farm
animals.
•About 5 million goats and 10 million sheep are
bred in Greece, giving our country the 1st and
4th place respectively in these two fields, in the
European Union (EU).

14. Animal husbandry in Imathia prefecture.
•Calf breeding
Calves: 32,299 calves of which 18,762 are imported
to be bred for meat.
Breeding units:786,of which 292 are exclusively for
fattening.

15. 1,000. Annual production of meat is 1,100 tonnes,
whereas milk production is 10,500 tonnes. The
production of wool is 98 tonnes.
Additionally, breeders from the area of Thessaly
(prefecture in the central Greece) move their
herds, about 13,000 animals, to the prefecture of
Imathia during the summer.
Goat and sheep breeding
Animals: about 110,000 all
local.
Breeding units:

16. The breeding of pigs
Animals: 50,000 all local. Breeding units: 35.
Annual production of meat: 8,781 tonnes.

17. the breeding of poultry
There 10 organized egg production units with
41,600 hens,and the total production of eggs is
10,950,000 eggs.

18. At Mr K. Politikos'
breeding unit in the
village of Agios Georgios.
Our second activity

19. The prefecture of Imathia is
first in calf breeding in
Greece

20. The animals must become
600kg before slaughtering

21. They are fed with:
Cereal
(corn,barley,wheat),soya

22. Most animals are male
and the few female
ones grow in different
stables.

23. Mr Politikos breeds over
1000 animals.

24. Third activity
Integrated Farming
•Integrated Farming (IF) is a whole farm management
system which aims to deliver more sustainable
agriculture.
•It is a dynamic approach which can be applied to any
farming system around the world.
•It involves attention to detail and continuous
improvement in all areas of a farming business
through informed management processes.

25. •Integrated Farming combines the best of modern
tools and technologies with traditional practices
according to a given site and situation.
•In simple words, it means using many ways of
cultivation in a small space or land.

26. The International Organisation of Biological Control
(IOBC) describes Integrated Farming as a farming
system where high quality food, feed, fibre and
renewable energy are produced by using resources
such as soil, water, air and nature as well as
regulating factors to farm sustainably and with as
little polluting inputs as possible

27. What can we achieve by the use of the
integrated farming system?
•The organisation of the farming system with
production planning.
•The inspection of the production procedure in all
its stages.
•The continuous awereness and education of the
involved farmers.
•The reduction of the production costs due to a
sensible use of inflows.
•The production of quality, safe and competitive
products.

28. Integrated Farming in Greece

29. Greek farmers cultivate small pieces of land about
10-15 quarters of acres, following the IFS, usually
near their homes.
Our third activity

30. This is a macedonian type of greenhouse

31. Farmers use greenhouses to protect their crops
from weather conditions and to maximise the
production.

32. The value of the Integrated Farming System in the
vegetable production.

33. The whole family works in the greenhouses and
seasonal workers are hired, as well.

34. Mr Orphanides cultivates 10 quarters of an acre of
land.He grows vegetables using certain improvement
methods according to the agronomic ordinances.

35. He cultivates green peppers, aubergines and celery.
During this season he cultivates celery.

36. He cultivates celery in this big greenhouse

37. After the harvest they prepare the soil for the next
crop.

38. In spring he plants spring onions, greens, celery,
spinach, eggplants and lettuce

39. In summer he grows green and red peppers,
cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables.

40. All of us picked green and red
peppers, the day of our visit.

41. The joy of harvesting.

42. Fourth activity
New Alternative Cultivations
There are new kinds of cultivations in Greece, that
are now being developed.They are of great nutritional
value and have become a new field of business
activity.

43. New Alternative Breedings
SNAILS
There are over 4,000 species of snails, in nature, all
over the world. In Greece the Helix aspersa species
is being bred and mostly its subcategories maxima
and muller. In our region there is a snail canning
factory that exports muller snails to France.

44. POMEGRANATE TREE
The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) is
considered to be the oldest cultivated fruit tree.
Its cultivation appeared in Greece in ancient
times.However the cultivation of IT in Greece is of
low levels.Only the last few years many farmers
started pomegranate cultivation.

45. BLUEBERRIES
The history of this plant started in far Siberia
many years ago. For hundreds of years people
enjoyed eating it without knowing its beneficial
properties. The fitness and long-living of the
people who ate it attracted the scientists'
interest and the first researches about its
nutrients and started.In Greece it is flourishes in
the forests up the mountains.

46. SUBTROPICAL PLANTS
Most of the tropical and subtropical fruits play
an important role in a person's diet because
they are full of a very large range of vitamins
and metal elements. Such fruits are: bananas,
dates, prickly pears, lotuses, avocado pears and
guavas.Thay are all grown in southern Greece.

47. HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES
This plant, the name of which etymologically
means bright horse (hippos:horse , phaos: glow,
light,brightness), is a rare bush-plant with great
properties which are recorded from ancient
times,in Dioscourides', father of pharmacology,
and Aristotle's student, Theophrastos' writings.
The leaves and fruit of this bush were eaten by
Alexander's wounded horses and gained
strength,were faster cured and had bright hair.

48. MUSHROOMS
Mushrooms are fungi. The existence of fungi in the
ecosystem is of great importance. The ideal
conditions for the growth of most fungi are those
which combine quite high humidity and average
temperature. In Greece these conditions are best in
autumn. Mushrooms have a special nutritional value
since they contain a great percentage of water, they
are rich in fibres, proteins, metal salts, trace
elements, vitamines and enzymes and contain little
fat and sugar.

49. Mushrooms are sown
into big plastic
bags which contain
straw and corn.
Mr Atsalos is a farmer
who cultivates
mushrooms in the area
of Imathia.
Our fourth activity

50. Μushrooms are put in a greenhouse in order to
create the conditions needed (humidity, ventilation,
temperature).
They are cultivated this way all year long

51. The mushroom producer is explaining to the students
the way mushrooms are cultivated into black bags that
have holes necessary for the mushroom growing.

52. Each bag has 12 holes where 12 big mushrooms of
about 1 kg each, will grow.

53. Mushrooms have a lot of nutrients. Nowadays meat
and fish cannot be compared with mushrooms. Meat
have toxins and drugs. Mushrooms have only cellulose
from straw.

54. They have a nice flavour and help nutrition and diet as
they contain 0 calories. What’s more no pesticides and
fertilizers are used for their cultivation!

55. Conclusions-Results of our research
done on the theme” European Food
production methods”
•Food production in agriculture is according to
European laws.
•Frequent state controls are made on the means used
for food production to ensure consumers’ health.
•Farmers are informed, regularly, how to improve the
food production quality and how to increase it.

56. •Alternative farming methods are used, such as
organic farming and the integrated management
practices in the primary production.
•Greek farmers don’t hesitate to adopt alternative
farming methods and their products are sold mainly
in big cities.
•The largest part of food production is covered by
the conventional farming as it gives a lot of food
production.

57. Thank you