Food technology - Why we eat - Fruit and vegetables - Dairy foods - Meat, fish and eggs - Vegetarians - Packaging and environmental issues - Bush tucker - Multicultural Australia - Food festivals.

"This second book in the highly successful Home Economics series has been written for years 910. It focuses on the technology process of investigate, design, produce and evaluate, using food as a material.Key features: many lively activities that develop skills needed to achieve the learning outcomes review questions at the end of chapters exciting chapters on topics such as packaging and environmental issues, meal planning, hygiene and introducing new learning technologies detailed an