[transcribed 2021-06-02]

**How does the lunch in this inquiry project demonstrate the geographic
connections that are part of our lives? Consider the four ways of thinking like
a geographer when formulating your answer.**

People may want to consider various things about their food. For example[1],
some may want to find the origin of their food purchased from the grocery
store, because they want to support local farms.

It could be useful to understand the pricing patterns of food, to make better
choices when buying. For instance, if a type of fish is cheaper in autumn and
preserves well, would it be smart (and possible) to stock up on it now?

People might consider an option after thinking about how their choice could
effect the environment. Some foods are imported from around the world, often
even across oceans – carbon emissions from the vehicles needed to transport
imports aren’t good for the atmosphere[2]. Sometimes the way some companies
obtain food are not good for nearby plants or species (or people), or even the
specific species the company may have been catching.

**What questions came to mind as you analyzed the information provided about
the sample lunch?**

While reading about lettuce: could hydroponic food growth be a viable future,
especially in areas where little soil is available (such as – space)?

While reading about the Pepsi drink: why has Pepsi become less cheap? What
could be learned from that?

While reading about bread: could winter wheat be grown in other, more local
places, for those who don’t have a chance to try it?

While reading about the Quaker granola bar, and the chips: PepsiCo sure seems
like a big company. How did it get to be so large, and have so many successful
brands?

While reading about containers: different containers can be made by a variety
of materials. Which are the best to be used? What can be said about materials
when finding the best choice of a school backpack to buy?

**Of the information provided, what was most important? What information was
not useful to support your conclusion? Organize the information in a table to
show what was interesting[3], important[4], not interesting, and not
important.**

[3] SUBJECTIVE!
    Most of it was interesting (in my opinion).

[4] This one's tough, but I'm going to go with "if it's in my conclusion at
    all, it's important, otherwise it's not important."

    Trouble is, most of it *could* have been used...

    It also only counts if it was used in the actual conclusion (first prompt).
    It doesn't necessarily count if it was used in the second prompt. (In that
    case it'll likely be "interesting" and "not important".)

Important, Interesting:
  - Tuna overfishing.
  - Bakeries are usually built near stores where bread is sold.[5]
  - Apple importing[5]

Important, Not Interesting:
  - Frito-Lay, Aunt Jemima, Quaker, and Tropicana are owned by PepsiCo.[6]
  - Containers are made around the world.[6]

Interesting, Not Important:
  - Observing whether sold “tuna” was actually real tuna.
  - Winter wheat from Ontario.
  - Only 48% of PepsiCo’s revenue comes from beverages.
  - Hydroponically grown lettuce.

Not Important, Not Interesting:
  - English insulting French Canadians with the name “Pepsis”.[7]
  - The bread you eat is usually from Saskatchewan.
  - Snack bars were invented by cereal companies.

[5] (Bakeries) Kinda related to local food.
    (Apple importing) Helped with the sentence on carbon emissions from
    shipping. Also, the FOOD!

[6] (PepsiCo-mpanies) It was *kind of* interesting, but not as interesting as
    some of the other things. Selective opinions!?

    (Containers) Kind of related to importing things.

[7] ("Pepsis") It's kind of an extension of the pricing of Pepsi (which I did
    mention), but not really to a point where it's super-related.

[NB: All footnotes in this file are actually Pages.app comments.]