Learning where our food comes from:
Places we import (some of) our food from:
Chelan, WA-0 miles (apples, lettuce)
Chelan, WA-0 miles (apples, lettuce)
Stehekin,
WA-0 miles (by car) (kale)
Tonasket,
WA-80 miles (beef)
Eugene,
OR-174 miles (coffee)
Roy,
WA-213 miles (eggs)
Palouse,
WA-213 miles (flour, lentils, garbanzo beans)
Euphrata,
WA-61.2 miles (cod, salmon)
Brewster,
WA-27.2 miles (potatoes)
Seattle,
WA-180 miles (cream, milk, cheese)
Twisp,
WA-52.3 miles (whole wheat flour)
Pendleton,
OR-238 miles (pork)
California
(Sysco Central)-aprox. 872 miles (lettuce, oranges, cream of wheat, kale)
Guatemala-aprox.
3,551 miles (coffee)
Alaska-aprox. 2,281 miles (cod, salmon)
What ratio
of the food we researched comes from Washington?
9:14
or 9 of 14 or 9/14
What
percentage is that?
64%
What ratio
of the food we researched comes from California?
4:14
or 4 of 14 or 4/14
What
percentage is that?
28%
What is the
mean (average) distance our food travels?
547.48
miles
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