Community Food Initiatives: During times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, community groups play a crucial role in providing food assistance to those in need. By integrating microgreens into food banks and community markets, these initiatives can enhance the nutritional value of available produce. Additionally, cultivating microgreens locally can help reduce reliance on external food supply chains, ensuring a more resilient and sustainable food system within the community.

Our experiments on the microgreens, both the Green Thumbs Up! and the Sproutastic Adventure really opened up possibilities for us Grade 7 students; especially for helping others and in finding solutions to problems, especially food insecurity. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #2, accessible food and water for all, aims to be able to provide safe and healthy food that comes from sustainable and easily-renewable sources. These kinds of microgreens, like radish kaiware, peppers, and pechay can be mass-produced easily and given out to communities who have low food security. Combining this mass-production of microgreens with the already-existing efforts to give other types of food to communities, we could end world hunger if we just worked together to plant some seeds (literally). While microgreens are not the best option in remedying food insecurity, it’s a good start, just so that those who are deprived of food can have a constant food supply (somehow).

From this study we have done, we have learned that we need to be perseverant in order to accomplish other projects in the future.  We had a few struggles with measuring the masses of the sprouts and creating a bar graph at first. But together, as a team, we were able to finish our studies and learn the importance of Science in our daily lives. Without science, we humans would not even be here today and this study is an example of that as without proper knowledge of Food Security, we would be unable to have edible and sustainable food sources such as ones used in farming.

Radish kaiware can be used to mature radish plants by allowing them to grow into full-fledged flowers. By collecting their mass, we can observe the transition from sprouts to full-grown plants, showing the plant’s life cycle and providing ideas for farming techniques. This activity has helped us realize the importance of understanding food production and food security, which is important in this day and age since most people, especially those at the peripheries do not have access to healthy and nutritious food. This experiment allowed us to learn the practical connections between scientific methods and food production, which we can do and apply in our everyday lives, not only for ourselves but for other people as well. Overall, this activity has made us apply Atenean values such as Commitment and Competence to connect Science and Food Security.

In conclusion, this experiment highlights the importance of understanding soil types for better agriculture, benefiting crop productivity and food security. Let it inspire ongoing exploration and innovation in sustainable farming, empowering communities to thrive despite environmental changes. Let's take action together to support farmers and build a sustainable food system.

In conclusion, this experiment shows the effect of the different types of growing media on the mass (g) of the radish kaiware after 7 days. This experiment also will benefit farmers by increase efficiency when growing the radish kaiware. It showed that the radish kaiware in the loam soil was the growing media that had the most mass (g) after 7 days. Our takeaway is that the loam soil will be the most effective when growing radish kaiware as it had the most mass (g) out of all 3 of the types of growing media in our experiment.

The conclusion of this experiment is that the radish kaiware seedlings grew taller in each growing medium, and none of them died. Our main takeaway from this fun experiment is that growing microgreens is actually simple but effective for the community. We also learned that microgreens can be added to our dishes to make them healthier.