Food Systems Investigation
How do we participate in a global food system? What can we do to make sure that all members of our community have access to healthy food?
Competencies
Public Product
Team: In small groups, students will develop presentations that they deliver to one another to learn about different aspects of food production. They will meet with local stakeholders to learn about how these aspects play out in our area. They will conduct a service-based project with a local organization to solve one of the challenges to food security in our area.
Individual: See the formative and summative assessments listed below.
Level 1: E26, E27, E28, H61
Level 2: F35
Level 3: C17
Project Overview
Project Summary
Students will learn about food systems and how they operate globally and locally. They will become familiar with the complexity of systems and players that bring raw materials to our plates and the inequalities that these systems create or expose. They will choose an issue and investigate it, becoming experts and developing a local service project that will seek to ameliorate a food-related challenge in the community, while also learning about different careers in agriculture, food services, and food policy.