Food Desert

Food Desert

Are Our Classrooms the Solution?
Lesson: 4.10
Level:
Advanced
Station: Hydroponics
Format: Class Discussion
Rating:
Lesson 4.10 Food Desert

Lesson Overview

We created the Edible Learning Lab with the singular focus of bringing edible education into every single classroom. But what if moderate production in each school could reach beyond education and actually solve the food desert problem? This lesson asks students to consider this very thought.

Teach the Teacher

Method

So often, necessity is the mother of invention, as the old saying goes. Ingenuity has a tendency to satisfy needs and vertical farming is a perfect example of just how urban communities have answered the call for locally and sustainably grown produce.

Discuss the merits of hydroponics as a means to solve the food desert issue. In the absence of grocery stores or local farms to serve the needs of the community, who might be best suited to take on the task of producing food hydroponically in food deserts?

Related Lessons

Now that you’ve completed the Advanced Lesson, just remember that you can always revisit the Beginner and Intermeidate Lessons as needed.

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