Infinite Choices

Infinite Choices

Next Food Network...farmer?
Lesson: 1.4
Level:
Advanced
Station: Seed Starting
Format: Class Project
Rating:
Advanced Lesson 1.4 Infinite Choices

Lesson Overview

The Next Food Network Star has made more than one budding chef famous. But what does it take to grow all the ingredients those chefs use? This lesson makes students the stars behind the scenes, crafting a plan to grow everything a restaurant needs to put its menu together.

Teach the Teacher

Method

Using the menu from a local fine restaurant, create a list of plants you would need to grow to supply that restaurant with fresh produce for their menu.

You might be supplying specialty greens, herbs, root vegetables, and garden staples like tomatoes and cucumbers.

Assume a specific number of plates each week, perhaps 100 for easy calculations, and determine the quantity of each variety that would need to be supplied on a daily basis based on an estimated single serving size.

How much space would you need to grow and deliver that quantity? What might the revenue potential be based on wholesale market costs for similar ingredients?

Related Lessons

Now that you’ve completed the Advanced Lesson, just remember that you can always revisit the Beginner and Intermeidate Lessons as needed.

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