Commodity Relay
A Food for America demonstration plan featuring “Commodity Relay,” a hands-on relay race that teaches students how food is distributed from the farm to the grocery store. Students take on roles such as farmer, truck driver, processor, and grocery store clerk to pass potatoes down the distribution line, with simplified roles for lower grades and added steps for upper elementary.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Students will be able to demonstrate how food is distributed from the farmer to the grocery store.
- Time required
- 20-30 minutes
- Materials
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- 4-5 sacks of potatoes
- Name tags for each student – Lower grades (Farmer, Truck Driver, Grocery Store Clerk); Upper grades (Farmer, Train Engineer, Processor, Truck Driver, Grocery Store Clerk)
- Small plastic bags (for the processing step in upper elementary adaptation)
- Unit
- Distribution
- Demonstration
- Commodity Relay (20-30 minutes)