Teacher’s notesIt’s about more than food

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It’s about more than food – Additional guidance

Do farmers just grow food?

Cows… Beef hide is used

o to make leathero to provide a base for many ointmentso as a binder for industrial plaster and asphalto as a base for the insulation material used to cool and heat houses

‘Camel hair” artists’ brushes are not really camel hair at all, but are made from the fine hair found in the ears and tails of beef cattle.

Footballs, which used to be called “pigskins,” are also generally produced from cattle hide.

Inedible beef fat is used ino industrial oils and lubricants, o tallow for tanning, soaps, lipsticks, face and hand creams, o some medicineso some explosives

Fatty acids are used in the production of o chemicals, o biodegradable detergentso pesticideso flotation agents. o vehicle tyres, enabling them to run cooler and therefore last longer.

Bones, horns and hooves are used to makeo buttonso bone chinao piano keyso glueso fertilizero gelatine for photographic filmo papero wallpapero sandpapero combso toothbrusheso violin strings

Its about more than food – Additional guidance

Do farmers just grow food?

Cows continued… Fats are used in the production of

o oleo stocko oleo oil for margarineo chewing gumo sweets

Gelatin produced from bones and skins is used in o Marshmallowso ice creamo canned meatso gelatin desserts

Intestines provide natural sausage casings. Numerous by products are used in the production of more than 100 individual

drugs performing such important and varied functions aso helping to make childbirth safero settling an upset stomacho preventing blood clots in the circulatory systemo controlling anemiao relieving some symptoms of hay fever and asthmao helping babies digest milk

Other medical uses for by products areo surgical sutures are derived from the intestines of meat animals

o Insulin It takes the pancreases from 26 cattle to provide enough insulin to

keep one diabetic person alive for a year.

N.B. Through genetic engineering techniques and research developments, many of the drugs produced from cattle are now being chemically produced in a laboratory, often less expensively than recovery from animal organs.

It’s about more than food – Additional guidance

Do farmers just grow food?

Cows continued… Fats are used in the production of

o oleo oil for margarineo chewing gumo sweets

Gelatine produced from bones and skins is used in o marshmallowso ice creamo canned meatso gelatine desserts

Intestines provide natural sausage casings. Numerous by-products are used in the production of more than 100 individual

drugs performing such important and varied functions aso helping to make childbirth safero settling an upset stomacho preventing blood clots in the circulatory systemo controlling anaemiao relieving some symptoms of hay fever and asthmao helping babies digest milk

Other medical uses for by products areo surgical sutures derived from the intestines of meat animals

o insulin It takes the pancreas from 26 cattle to provide enough insulin to keep

one diabetic person alive for a year.

N.B. Through genetic engineering techniques and research developments, many of the drugs produced from cattle are now being chemically produced in a laboratory, often less expensively than recovery from animal organs.

It’s about more than food – Additional guidance

Do farmers just grow food?

Maize (a member of the same family as sweetcorn) Fermented starch from the maize plant is an important ingredient in the

production of PLA, a transparent plastic. Its blends are used in a wide range of applications including:

o computer casingso mobile phone casingso foilo biodegradable medical implantso mouldso tinso cupso bottleso packagingo patio setso particle boardo Guinness World Record breaking longboardo biofuel

The starch is also used to make biodegradable foam products used wheno packing peanutso creating package inserts

Corn starch is also used in the production of biodegradable plastic. Kitty litter made from maize is environmentally-friendly

Sheep…

Wool is widely used in clothing from knitwear such as socks and jumpers to cloth used for suits and costumes.

It is used in the furniture trade both for making chair covers and for upholstery.

Many of the better carpets produced traditionally and today are made from wool.

Wool is used to fill mattresses.

It is used in diverse products, such as tennis ball covers, pool table baize, and hanging basket liners.

It’s about more than food – Additional guidance

Do farmers just grow food?Sheep

Wool is widely used in o clothing

knitwear such as socks and jumpers cloth used for suits and costumes.

o the furniture trade making chair covers upholstery

o traditionally produced good quality carpetso to fill mattresses. o tennis ball coverso pool table baizeo hanging basket liners.o building insulation

Lanolin consists of a highly complex mixture of chemical compounds, alcohols, and fatty acids and is used ino adhesive tapeo printing inkso motor oilso auto lubricationo cosmetics and pharmaceuticals products such as

lipsticks mascara lotions shampoos, hair conditioners

Sheepskin is commonly used for making the chamois cloth that you wash your car with. Sheep’s cheese comprises about 1.3 percent of the world's cheese production. Some of the world's most famous cheeses were originally made from sheep's milk: Roquefort, Feta, Ricotta, and Pecorino Romano. Sheep's milk is also made into yogurt, butter, and ice cream.

Wool is a very useful product when oil spills occur. Pads made from wool can be used to soak up the oil. In 1999 when an oil spill occurred near Phillip Island, Australia, the Phillip Island penguins were fitted with wool sweaters. The sweaters helped maintain the tiny penguin's body heat and prevented them from being poisoned by the oil

An entrepreneur in England is making packaging material out of left over wool. Not only are the wool-insulated boxes more environmentally-friendly, but they have out-performed poly-based insulating material, keeping items twice as cool.

It’s about more than food – Additional guidance

Do farmers just grow food?

Sheep continued…

Sheepskin is commonly used for making chamois cloths

Sheep fat (tallow) is used in the production ofo soapso candleso medicineso pet food

the blood and milk from sheep is used in the production ofo wound dressingso bone graft implantso medical sutures

Wool is a very useful product when oil spills occur. Pads made from wool can be used to soak up the oil. In 1999 when an oil spill occurred near Phillip Island, Australia, the Phillip Island penguins were fitted with wool sweaters. The sweaters helped maintain the tiny penguin's body heat and prevented them from being poisoned by the oil

An entrepreneur in England is making packaging material out of left over wool. Not only are the wool-insulated boxes more environmentally-friendly, but they have out-performed poly-based insulating material, keeping items twice as cool.

Sheep make many contributions to the fields of science and medicine. They are used as research models to study disease and perfect surgical techniques. They are used in stem cell research. Their blood is the ideal medium for culturing bacteria.