The “Footprints of Food Waste” workshop and supplemental pre and post workshop activities are designed to introduce participants to where along the entire food system food can be lost or wasted. Participants will learn how food waste impacts our natural environment and how people are impacted by food waste. Finally, they will brainstorm and learn some key strategies for reducing the amount of food waste in their own lives.
Workshop Learning Goals:
- By the end of this workshop, participants will ...
- be able to define “food waste” and identify different types of food waste.
- have a more developed sense of how food waste impacts people and the natural environment.
- have strategies in place to help reduce food waste in their daily lives.
Curriculum Connections:
- Health & Phys-Ed (D2)
- Social Studies (B2, B3)
- Science & Technology (B1)
