This document discusses three main types of farming: intensive farming, organic farming, and free range farming. It provides details about each type: intensive farming involves animals in close confinement and quicker turnover of produce but can use antibiotics; organic farming allows animals to roam freely and be healthier/happier but is more expensive; free range farming uses natural resources and has the highest food standard but is also expensive to produce. The document instructs students to consider advantages and disadvantages of these farming methods and their effects on the environment and produced food.

1. Starter
Look at the picture sheets on your
table.
Decide within your groups which
picture belongs to which type of
farming and why?
There are 3 main types of farming:
Intensive Farming
Organic Farming
Free Range Farming

2. Homework due Wednesday 5th
December
2012
1. Complete page 4 ‘ Research Seasonal
Produce’ in your booklets
2. Complete page 5 ‘Research Practical
Soup’ in your booklets
3. Improve your Task Analysis (page 2)
using the EBI comments I have made
Lesson details: Farming

3. WALT: explore the differences in farming styles and
evaluate the impact they may have on our environment.
WILF: an understanding of the advantages and
disadvantages of each farming method.
When watching the video I would like you to
consider...
The advantages and disadvantages of Organic
farming
What impact Intensive Farming is having on our
environment
What are the key differences between Organic and
Free Range Farming?

4. WALT: explore the differences in farming
styles and evaluate the impact they may have
on our environment.
WILF: an understanding of the advantages
and disadvantages of each farming method.
Understand the effects the different farming
methods have on the produce.
Intensive Farming
1. animals reared in close confinement
2. quicker and cheaper turnover of produce
3. can involve use of antibiotics to stop spread of
diseases
Organic Farming
1. animals can roam freely
Free Range Farming
1. reared on natural resources
2. Gold (highest) rated food standard
3. is more expensive to produce and to
buy
2. animals are healthier and can live longer
3. animals are considered happier

5. Why do you think these similarities/differences occur?
What are the similarities/differences between the eggs?
Using what you have learnt can you
justify having caged chickens?
Using what you have learnt, come up with one
argument against having caged chickens.
Can you think of an original, environmentally
friendly and economical way to farm eggs?

6. Why do you think these similarities/differences occur?
What are the similarities/differences between the eggs?
Using what you have learnt can you
justify having caged chickens?
Using what you have learnt, come up with one
argument against having caged chickens.
Can you think of an original, environmentally
friendly and economical way to farm eggs?