Food technology:Texts and resources

This text comprehensively covers Preliminary and HSC courses and is designed to engage and instruct students in NSW studying the Stage 6 Food Technology syllabus. The core modules covered include Food availability and selection, Food quality, Australian food industry, Food manufacture, Food product development, and Contemporary nutrition issues.

NESA workbooks contain past HSC exam papers with the best Band 6 student answers and marker feedback.

This useful guide contains practice exam papers with worked answers.

Agriculture makes an important contribution to all Australian consumers and to the national economy, exporting two-thirds of total production. The face of Australian agriculture has changed over the past two centuries as farmers have developed resilience and adapted to environmental and economic trends. This title provide an overview of Australian farming and agriculture with information sourced from newspapers, website fact sheets, magazine and journals, statistics and surveys, and government reports.

Food safety is the concept that food will not cause harm to the consumer when prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use. In Australia we rely on food safety standards to protect us from foodborne illness and food poisoning caused by poor handling, contamination, storage and temperature issues. This title provide an overview of Food Safety with information sourced from newspapers, website fact sheets, magazine and journals, statistics and surveys, and government reports.

Australians spend about a third of their weekly household food budget on food prepared outside the home. These meals tend to be fast food and take-away, which are often high in saturated fats, salt and sugar. This title provide an overview of fast food with information sourced from newspapers, website fact sheets, magazine and journals, statistics and surveys, and government reports

Currently, a billion undernourished people experience hunger on a regular basis. Global food production will have to rise 70 per cent by 2050 as the world population expands to 9.1 billion from 6.8 billion people. This title provide an overview of the global food crisis with information sourced from newspapers, website fact sheets, magazine and journals, statistics and surveys, and government reports