Summary Evaluation of the survey on the life cycle of a local product

Costumers are the important people for farmers as they buy their products, that is also why  it was important to obtain not only information from experts, but also opinions and views of the population on the subject "Growth of a local product". For this reason, we started a survey in which we wanted to find out the apple varieties known to the population and additional questions about the cultivation and process of production.

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In addition to the development of an apple, our project also aims to analyse the effects of apple production on the climate. For the necessary information we have contacted the agricultural school Strickhof in Lindau and have done research on the internet to supplement this.

Apple production has both positive and negative effects on the climate. Every production process has a negative impact on the climate, including the use of machinery, pesticides etc. in apple production. But with apple production a new plant grows, which takes the CO2 out of the atmosphere and produces oxygen from it. The change in the climate in apple production is mainly noticeable in the fact that weather extremes such as frost, hail etc. are increasing. Due to climate change, new investments had to be made in the area of weather protection for apple trees. Many plantations have to be irrigated (bewässert) by longer periods of drought. However, climate change is making it possible to grow thermophilic crops such as apricot trees in regions where this was previously not possible. The ecological footprint of an apple depends on the variety. Depending on how long an apple can be kept and which measures are taken to extend its shelf life (Haltbarkeit), more or less greenhouse gases are released. If a lot of effort is put into the shelf life (Haltbarkeit) of an apple, it is quite possible that an apple imported by ship from abroad will emit fewer greenhouse gases. In today's society, we want to have apples and other fruits on offer at any time. This also applies even if it is not in season. In order not to interrupt the supply of apples, we have to store and import apples. For a better ecological footprint, the supply of apples should be limited to the apple season in Switzerland. The production of apples is highly professional. Companies produce apples that meet the requirements of the trade and consumers. Changes would only be possible if the demands of the trade and consumers changed.

Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter, Tamara Keller, TZ19, Wetzikon

! WE NEED YOUR HELP !

Hi together

We did a survey for our projekt "the lifecycle of a local product".
With our survey we want to find out the behaviour and the view of diffrent humans about the production of apples.

We would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to fill in our online survey.

Here you can find the link to our survey:

 survey-local product

Thank you very much for your participation in our survey!

Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter, Tamara Keller, BM2 Teilzeit 2019

Hello!

For our project the lifecycle of a local product, we will use the information of our interviews as well as information of the internet. I found a very good website. On the website, we can find a lot information about the plant "apple" as well as about the production and the storage etc.

Here you can find the website: Website Topic apple

If you are intersted take a look on it or better trace the developments of our Project!

Tamara Keller, Simone Etter, Stefanie Kunz, BM2 Teilzeit 2019

Hello everybody

We want to do a project about the lifecycle of a local product. We decided to to the lifcycle of an apple.

If we think about a local product, we think about its production, its care and finally its way to the grocery store.

For us a local product is planted and then it needs a lot of care. It has to be protect of many damages like hail or frost and damages through animals. Further we think that it is very important how the apple is harvested, because we think, that the harvest is decisive for the criterias to sell the apple in the grocery store.

With our project, we would like to show the different steps from how an apple tree got planted to how and when the apples will be picked from the tree. We want to find out how big or small the ecological footprint of this production and its impact on the climate is. In conclusion: What is needed that such a popular product ends up in the grocery store?

This week, we will do an interview with a local farmer to answer our questions. We are looking forward to our project!

Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter, Tamara Keller, BM2 TZ 2019

Hello everybody

In the last lesson T&U we had the task to draw or write the definition of the greenhouse effect.
We also had to explain each other how the greenhouse effect works.

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Concept - The life cycle of a local product

Names of research team: Stefanie Kunz, Simone Etter, Tamara Keller

Project idea / topic: The life cycle of a local product

Our Questions, we want to answer with our project:

- Which steps are necessary to produce an apple?

- How and when will the apples be picked from the tree?

- How big or small is the ecological footprint of this production and its impact on the climate?

- How do our results look like, compared with another country?

In general, we want to analyse what is needed to provide this product in the grocery store.

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Hello everybody

We would like to give you some Information about the plant "appletree".

But first, why have we choosen this topic?

It was our first idea! At the break before some other students ate some apples. That is the way how we found our topic.

« AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY! » 

Here you can find our Information about "appletree" More...

Hello everyone!

I would like to share with you my experience with the food app on KoBo Toolbox.

Our exercise is to register every food we eat during the day for one week in this food app.

On my view, the food app is very easy to understand and it is also clearly arranged.

To register every food I eat during the day is for me a little bit time-consuming. It is difficult, because I do not have much time beside work, school, music, and my horse.

However, even if it is time-consuming, I think it will be very interesting to evaluate the data we registered. I also think, we will have a good base for our projects and because of that, I will try to register as much as I can.

Tamara Keller, BM2 Teilzeit 2019

Our exercise was to convert the amount of kcal of a daily meal into kJ and kWh.

I decided to calculate the amount of kJ and kWh of a portion "Rice Casimir". Here you can find the recipe,
I used: recipe "Rice Casimir"

Here you can find my calculation:

amount of kcal = 723
0.00116 kWh = 1 kcal  ->  723 * 0.00116= 0.83868 kWh
4.19 kJ = 1 kcal   ->  723 * 4.19 = 3'029.37 kJ

For the calculation I used the following data:

Energieeinheiten

Wärmemenge

Einheit der Wärmemenge = Joule (J = N m), vormals Kalorien (kcal)

1 Joule (J) = 1 Wattsekunde (Ws)
3,6 kJ = 3.600 Joule (J) = 1 Wattstunde (Wh)
3,6 MJ = 3.600.000 Joule (J) = 1 Kilowattstunde (kWh)

Umrechnungstabelle:
1 kWh = 860 kcal = 3.600 kJ (=3,6 MJ)
0,00116 kWh = 1 kcal = 4,19 kJ
0,278 kWh = 239 kcal = 1 MJ

Leistung

Definition: Energie pro Zeiteinheit
Einheiten der Leistung: Watt (W = J/s)

Wärmeeinheiten (WE) = kcal/h

Umrechnungstabelle:
1 kW = 860 kcal/h = 860 WE
1,16 kW = 1 Mcal/h = 1.000 WE

You can find this data on the following website: Energy units

Tamara Keller, BM2 Teilzeit 2019

Hello everybody!

We wanted to inform you, that there will be an energy day in zürich.
The ETH organises an energy day. The energy day takes place on tuesday, 10. december 2019 from 9 o' clock in the morning until 18 o' clock in the evening.

There will be interesting activities like diffrent presentations or discussions.

If you are intersted please take a look on their website.

Here you can find the link to their website: ETH energy day 2019

Jeannine, Matthias, and Tamara, BM2 Teilzeit 2019