World Hunger

Review- What is world hunger? When humans do not have access to adequate, clean, healthy food. How does this link to Food Security and Sovereignty? Security: exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Sovereignty: the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.

World Hunger and Canada Thirteen percent of Canadians live in a state of food insecurity Root cause is low income. Each month, over 850,000 people turn to food banks for help 1 in 8 Canadian families struggle to put food on the table 32% of the people requiring food assistance are children. 25% of food bank users are immigrants. 16% of people in need of food assistance have income from recent or current employment. 79,000 people each month access a food bank for the first time. Almost 40% of food bank clients have a diploma, degree or higher. On average, people in the city core who use food assistance programs do so for two years. Stats- Food Bank Canada HungerCount 2015 report

How is the world helping? Improve living and working conditions Cooperatives Access to credit Exchange of information Minimum price payed to farmers (stable income) Fairtrade premium= supports farmers/producers Reduces child labour No GMO Environmentally friendly MUST FOLLOW

What are we doing? Garden= food grown supplied to Harvest Project and Quest Foods Leadership and SJ Food Drive= all non-perishable food items donated to Harvest Project Harvest Project Volunteering Quest Foods Volunteering Supporting Local Farmers= Field Trip with Edible Garden Project Research Project= Share your knowledge

Research Project In groups of 3 you will choose a country from the world hunger map You will research the reasons behind world hunger in that country You will present your research in the form of a Prezi, PowerPoint, or poster board. (If you have any other suggestions feel free to run them by me) Discuss the following topics regarding your country Hunger Statistics Global Market and access Political policies or taxes that impact hunger Natural disasters Small scale famers vs corporations Investments and fair trade policies Sustainable agricultural practices Moving forward (which relates to the previous two points)

Food Journal Record a journal for two weeks of how you attempted to reduce the amount of food waste and help the world hunger issue. Things to think about when recording: Is the product fair trade? Was the product past the best before date? Did you make any changes to try to avoid throwing out food such as Grant’s “eat this first” box. Go grocery shopping (or just stop in to a store to look around) and actively think about what you are purchasing. Am I choosing the veggies or fruit that looks most appealing? Think about how the grocery store is set up. Go to a grocery store and inquire about what they do with food that is expired or just about to, and their policies on produce (ex: does it have to meet certain criteria)

Due Date- November 14th

William Kamkwamaba http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill#t-41693