Cycle Project: Food Systems
What is a food system?
What is a food system?
Food systems describe every step needed to feed people, from start to finish.
Food systems describe every step needed to feed people, from start to finish.
Steps include growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, moving, using, and disposing of food and food-related items.
Steps include growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, moving, using, and disposing of food and food-related items.
The food system includes all the inputs needed at each step.
The food system includes all the inputs needed at each step.
The food system includes all the outputs created at each step.
The food system includes all the outputs created at each step.
How will students explore sustainable food systems?
How will students explore sustainable food systems?
- Exploring food systems including food waste, food production, and food transportation
- Experimenting with a more sustainable system for growing strawberries
- Sharing ideas about sustainable food systems.
- Creating action plans to improve local food systems.
