Local Food, Global Impact (scratch version)
🌀💖 Local Food, Global Impact (Scratch Version)
Help your community understand where food comes from — and how we can all make better choices for the planet!
🎯 Big Idea
Food often travels thousands of miles before it reaches our plate. That means fuel, pollution, and big carbon footprints! What if YOU could create a Scratch project that helps others learn about food miles — and inspires them to eat more local, seasonal food?
🎮 Project Goals
Use Scratch to build something interactive that:
✅ Shows how far food travels
✅ Teaches why local food matters
✅ Gives tips or quizzes on how to help
✅ Inspires others to take action
🧠 You Could Make...
🗺️ Food Miles Quiz Game
Players guess how far different foods travel to reach the UK. Animate journeys on a world map!
🚚 From Farm to Fork Animation
Show how a banana travels from a farm to the supermarket — with carbon-counting facts!
🌱 Local vs Global Game
A player must quickly "catch" local foods and avoid imported ones — score points for planet-friendly picks!
📦 Food Miles Tracker
Ask users questions about what they ate today, then calculate their food mile total with Scratch variables!
💡 Tip Machine
An interactive Scratch spinner that gives players one thing they can do this week to lower food miles.
👩🍳 Local Recipe Recommender
A Scratch project that asks a few fun questions and then recommends a delicious seasonal recipe using local ingredients.
🍓 Build-a-Meal Game
Players drag ingredients to build a meal. If they choose local foods, they earn eco-points! If they choose far-away items, their carbon score rises!
🧑🏫 Food Swap Advisor
A Scratch guide that helps swap ingredients in popular recipes for lower-mile or seasonal alternatives — e.g., berries instead of bananas!
💻 You might need these Technique Cards
- 🐱 Technique Card: Broadcasting and Receiving Messages in Scratch (practical) (for animations and quizzes)
- 🐱 Technique Card: Variables in Scratch (practical) (for score-keeping or calculations)
- 🐱 Technique Card: Using Lists in Scratch (practical) (if you’re storing different foods and their distances)
- 🐱 Technique Card: Scratch Costumes and Backdrops (practical) (to switch scenes and tell a story)
🔄 Simplify it!
New to Scratch? Try just one idea:
Create a short animation showing a tomato grown in the UK vs one flown from Spain. Use speech bubbles and fun facts!
🧪 Make it your own!
🌍 Add real data — look up how far foods travel using websites like foodmiles.com
🎭 Add a Narrator Character
Bring in a friendly guide (like a talking tomato or globe!) who explains facts, gives tips, or celebrates the player's eco-choices.
📱 Make It Look Like an App
Use Scratch backdrops and buttons to make your project feel like a real mobile app that helps people choose local food.
🌦️ Include Seasonal Info
Use Scratch to show when foods are in season — maybe a “what’s growing now” calendar with clickable items.
🧾 Add a Receipt Generator
Show a pretend receipt at the end of a quiz or game showing what the player ‘bought’, the food miles they saved, and a score!
🎶 Add Fun Sounds or Music
Record your own eco-soundtrack or voiceovers explaining how to eat locally — or just add silly sound effects when foods are clicked!
📍 Use a Map Backdrop
Add a world map or a UK map and animate where foods come from using Scratch’s motion blocks and costumes.
🔄 Create a Random Recipe Generator
Make a Scratch project that spins through local ingredients and creates a fun recipe suggestion each time you click!
📦 Customise With Real World Research
Find out which foods are grown locally near you and include them in your project — make it truly local and relevant!
🎯 Why it matters
The world needs people like YOU to care about the planet. You’re not just learning to code — you’re using computing to make a difference.