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Where Our Food Comes From ➡️ What is a food desert? ➡️ Our World & Me ➡️ The Mission of Valley Verde

⌛ Time estimate: 15 minutes

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What is a System? 🔄

🍔 Now then, what is a Food System? 🚚

<aside> ❓ What might be some of the things that go in and things that go out of your food system? Where do you think your favorite food came from? 📗

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• [ ] 🖍️ Activity: Draw a diagram of your food system: starting from the farm, how does your food get to your plate? 🍽️

➡️ How did you do? Check out the food system diagram below to check!

🍓 The Journey of a California Strawberry 🍓

<aside> 📺 Check out the video below to watch the journey of strawberries 🍓**,** an extremely important crop in the United States, go from huge California farms right into our homes for us to eat! 🏡

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[This video was sourced from *californiastrawberries.com.*](https://youtu.be/yW7B2qoKs30)

This video was sourced from *californiastrawberries.com.*

<aside> ➡️ Are you ready for the next section? Explore What is a food desert?

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