Food Miles
Class 6 Science · Chapter 3: Soch-Samajhkar Khaana: Swasth Shareer ki Raah · NCERT Curiosity section 3.6
Seekho
Nisha ek bade shop mein seb ke packet ka label padhti hai: ye doosre desh se, hazaaron kilometre door se aaye! Khet se thaali tak khaana jitni doori tay karta hai use food miles kehte hain.
Zyada food miles wale khaane ko trucks, jahaaz ya hawaai jahaaz ke liye eendhan chahiye, zyada pradooshan hota hai, aur taaza rehne ke liye packing aur cold storage chahiye. Sthaaniya, mausami khaana kam door aata hai, taaza hota hai, aur paas ke kisaanon ki madad karta hai.
Sthaaniya bazaar se mausami phal-sabziyaan chunna, aur khaana barbaad na karna, chhote kadam hain jo hamari sehat aur dharti ke liye bada farak laate hain.
Explore: kam food miles ya zyada?
- Har khaana sort karo.
Yaad rakho
- Food miles: khet se thaali tak khaane ki doori.
- Sthaaniya, mausami khaana taaza, kam eendhan wala aur sthaaniya kisaanon ka sahaara hai.
Quick check
Kis vikalp mein sabse kam food miles hain?
- Sthaaniya bazaar ki mausami sabziyaan
- Doosre desh se hawaai jahaaz se aaye phal
- Door se aaye packet snacks
- Samudra paar se aayi sabziyaan
Answer
Sthaaniya bazaar ki mausami sabziyaan. Sthaaniya, mausami khaana sabse kam doori tay karta hai.
Socho
Aaj raat ke khaane ki cheezein likho. Andaaza lagao kaunsi sabse door se aayi aur kaunsi ghar ke sabse paas se.
Ek answer
Jawaab alag honge. Sabziyaan aur doodh aksar paas se aate hain; packet ki cheezein, kuch phal aur masale bahut door se aa sakte hain.
Practice
Teen levels (easy, medium, hard) ke naye sawaalon se practice karo, kuch hands-on, hints aur hal ke saath. Topic poora karne ke liye pichhle 5 mein se 4 sahi karo.