We came up with many original ideas to help display the information of how the sheep and cattle get from a lush paddock to our dinner plates. The main ideas that we came up with as a team include creating a wooden cart for the Archibull cow to tow, which will act as the supermarkets at the end of the meat cycle.Also the cart will display all other products we get from beef and lamb. Some of these include Blood and Bone fertiliser, bagged Cow organic fertiliser,gelatine leather boots,Ugg boots, leather belts and so on.
Another big idea we had was to create a large feed trough to go at the head of the cow, to represent the feeding of the cow/sheep and how the environment, like the crop rotations, water table and biodiversity affect the beef and lamb production.
We began with making the wooden cart. We recycled old school desks and gave them a good sand before screwing them together and another sand once everything was together. Then we painted the cart several times to make sure the coats would be neat and smooth.
Another big idea we had was to create a large feed trough to go at the head of the cow, to represent the feeding of the cow/sheep and how the environment, like the crop rotations, water table and biodiversity affect the beef and lamb production.
We began with making the wooden cart. We recycled old school desks and gave them a good sand before screwing them together and another sand once everything was together. Then we painted the cart several times to make sure the coats would be neat and smooth.
Once the undercoats were on the cart we began making the feed trough. We made the feed trough by using an old trough made of half of a 44 gallon barrel and then used more old school desks and a metal frame to sit it in to lift it off the ground and to give us more room for information. When the cart and feed trough had been neatly put together and painted we began painting the information on them making sure that not one detail is missed.
After much time and thought our ‘big ideas’ came through the clever designs and detailed painting.
After much time and thought our ‘big ideas’ came through the clever designs and detailed painting.