Food Systems and Food Access PBL

What is the global issue students are trying to tackle in this problem-based learning unit?

As the world transitions from the Global Pandemic, food insecurity and instability has become a more relevant conversation, even in the United States. How do we develop a more reliable and stable food system?

Worldwide, 8.9% of the population goes to bed hungry. In the United States, 3.9% of the population goes to bed hungry. On top of that, according to estimates compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), by 2050 we will need to produce 60 percent more food to feed a growing world population of 9.3 billion. How can we come together to feed all the people on our planet?

Students will explore this PBL through the following Units:

Global food access
Grocery trade-offs
Food access points
Food density
Food systems and value chains
Local food movement
Food innovations
Food policy and programs

Acknowledgments:

These lessons and the Food Systems and Food Access Problem-Based Learning Curriculum are signature activities of CAM's Agriculture Academy.

We look forward to partnering with you and kindly ask that you respect our intellectual property rights by not reproducing them without proper acknowledgment and authorization.

Funding for the Food Systems and Food Access PBL was made possible through a gift from the Morgridge Family Foundation. We thank the Morgridge Family for their generosity and commitment to Agricultural Education.

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