Milestone 1

Big Concepts To Explore

"Unleashing the power to eliminate food scarcity in a world of abundance: What steps can we take?"
"Tackling the paradox of food surplus and scarcity: What's the solution?"
"Breaking the chains of food waste: Can we turn surplus into abundance for all?"
"Solving the riddle of food surplus and scarcity: What innovative ideas do you have?"
"Fighting hunger in a world of abundance: Are you part of the solution?"

Curiosity Spark

Student are listening to the following podcasts as a tool to generate questions and build background knowledge

Kids Listen: Tavish SharmaFrom The Genius Generation. After witnessing a mismatch in food bank donations — massive lines at one, and barely any supply at others — Tavish Sharma created Solve Hunger (https://www.solvehungercorp.org/). His app aims to address food shortages and rally communities around their local food banks, and it’s already recruited over 60 food banks, pantries, and soup kitchens.

Kids Listen: Chander PayneFrom The Genius Generation. Chander Payne had a life changing moment in his high school cafeteria (how many of us can say that?). He noticed his fellow classmates didn’t have access to healthy foods like fruit and vegetables - so he decided to grow them himself. Chander started an urban farm at his high school, growing fresh fruits and veggies right where they were needed the most. That project soon blossomed into a full-fledged organization called Urban Beet (www.urbanbeet.org/), creating urban farms in other schools and homeless shelters in the Washington D.C. area.

Kids Listen: Kiran SridharFrom The Genius Generation. When he was 11 years old, a volunteer trip to a center feeding the homeless and hungry in San Francisco opened Kiran Sridhar’s eyes to the devastating effects of hunger and food insecurity. After a lot of research and even more hard work, Kiran’s drive to eradicate hunger led to the creation of his online platform, Waste No Food (http://wastenofood.org/). It's a simple concept: farms, restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, and grocery stores post excess food on the site. Aid groups and charities feeding the hungry can see what’s available locally, pick it up, and feed their clients. Kiran, now in college, has seen his platform spread across the country from California to Illinois to Florida, and has served over 6,000,000 meals and counting.

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