Don't be rude to food! Scholars see the startling truth about food waste in a disturbing video. The series of statements from individuals around the country paints a picture of good intentions followed by wasteful habits like cooking too much, ordering too much, forgetting food in the back of the fridge, and snubbing leftovers.

Concepts

food, food preservation, food processing, food production, food supply, agricultural products

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Follow the video with suggestions of things we can do to reduce food waste, like gleaning from local farmer's fields
• Challenge the class to track their food behaviors for a week, particularly in the school cafeteria!

Classroom Considerations

• Plan time for discussion after the video

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The resource illustrates both the energy put in to food production and the energy wasted when people do not eat that food
• People from all walks of life contributed to the video, making it very impactful

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 L.9-10.2.a