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Feed the Future
Healthy food should be accessible to everyone. Explore creative ways to grow, share, or deliver food in your town.
1/3of all food produced globally is lost or wasted
1 in 11people in the world faced hunger in recent years
#2Zero Hunger is the second UN Sustainable Development Goal
58%of food produced in Canada is lost or wasted each year
About this challenge
Everyone needs good food, but not everyone can get it. Some neighbourhoods have few grocery stores, fresh food costs more than processed food, and a lot of what we grow never gets eaten.
This challenge asks you to find a creative way to grow, share, or deliver food in your town.
Why it matters
Food connects to health, money, culture, and the environment all at once. When healthy food is hard to get, people's health and school and work performance suffer.
At the same time, an enormous amount of food is wasted between the farm and the table. Fixing even a small piece of that system is a real business opportunity.
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Should we eat bugs? (TED-Ed)
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Push your idea further
Question 1Where does your town's food come from?
Question 2Is fresh food easy or hard to get where you live?
Question 3What food gets wasted, and where does it go?
Question 4Could your idea help people grow food themselves?
Question 5Could food bring people in your town together?
Question 6Who in your town most needs better access to food?
Question 7How might your town's quirks make this easier, or harder?
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