{"id":15432,"date":"2024-01-24T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/?page_id=15432"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:46:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T20:46:38","slug":"food-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/4-h\/projects-programs\/projects-and-programs-resource-library\/family-consumer-sciences\/food-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"4-H Food Systems Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--style-boxed \">\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__background\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 1313w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/07\/4H_Grows_Logo.jpg 768w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1313px) 100vw, 1313px\"\n\t\talt=\"4-H Grows Here logo in green with 4-H clover at right on a black background\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__overlay\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__inner-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wsu-hero__title\">4-H Food Systems Project<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"program-contact \">\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/yakima\/wp-content\/plugins\/cahnrs-extension-plugin\/assets\/images\/four-h.png\"\n\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"75\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"extension-program-icon\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Program Icon.\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"program-contact-info\">\n\t\t<h2>Program Contact<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tAutumn Britt, 4-H Program Manager<br>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Phone Number<\/span>509-588-7817\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Email Address<\/span> \u2022\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:autumn.britt@wsu.edu\">autumn.britt@wsu.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p>A food system is an interconnected network of food production, health, nutrition, land use, agricultural practices, and community needs activities and how they interact to feed people.&nbsp; This includes understanding growing, harvesting, and processing practices, food packaging, transporting, and marketing, and consumer habits, distribution of food access points (such as stores and food banks), and food disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this project, youth will learn the basics of food systems, some of the reasons these systems are sustainable or unsustainable, and they will discover how they participate in the food systems around them and how they can use their voices for greater access to healthy and nutritious food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about food systems and what practices or policies within them are sustainable or unsustainable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understand the impact food systems have on communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discover how they can influence food systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take part in their local food system through gardening, volunteer work, advocacy, or education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/farmers-market-3904712_1280.jpg\" alt=\"Varieties of tomatoes, avocados, grapes, and other produce at a farmers market stand\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4-H Food Systems Curriculum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4-h.org\/clover\/activities\/food-systems-for-thought-and-change\/#!post-content\">Food Systems for Thought and Change<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how food gets to your table, and the impact modern food production has on communities and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where does the food you eat come from? How does it get to you, and where does it go when you\u2019re done with it? How has food production changed over the years, and how can we make big changes in the world by choosing carefully what we eat? In this series of at-home activities, youth will learn the answers to all of these questions as they explore modern food systems. Along the way, they\u2019ll learn how they fit into the food system and how they can engage in addressing social and environmental issues related to food consumption.&nbsp; Requires a free Clover account to access lesson plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington 4-H Records, Forms, and Guides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For youth members<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For adult helpers and club leaders<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/4h\/projects\/food-nutrition-health\/foods-nutrition\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--style-action\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tState Foods and Nutrition Project Resources\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/Food-Systems-792x198.png\" alt=\"Grain hopper train cars outside a grain silo in the sunlight at left. At right, shelves of bread at a bakery. Center, the title &quot;Food Systems&quot; in black on a light orange to dark orange gradient background\" class=\"wp-image-15454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/Food-Systems-792x198.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/Food-Systems-396x99.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/Food-Systems-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/Food-Systems-1536x384.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/Food-Systems.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helpful Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity Ideas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4-h.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/08095241\/4H-At-Home-USDA-New-York.pdf\">4-H at Home:&nbsp; Food Systems Scavenger Hunt &#8211; National 4-H, Cornell University, US Department of Agriculture (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover your community&#8217;s food system strengths and weaknesses with a walking tour scavenger hunt.&nbsp; The PDF links to online interactive activities as well as containing printable materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agclassroom.org\/matrix\/lesson\/413\/\">Food Systems Feed the World &#8211; National Agriculture in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will explore the steps and processes that create a food system and gain an understanding of hunger as it relates to the physical well-being, culture, and geographic location of all people. Students will learn what a food system encompasses, create a &#8220;food system chain,&#8221; and discuss why hunger still exists despite modern advances that have made the US food system highly efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agclassroom.org\/matrix\/lesson\/838\/\">Tracing the Agricultural Supply Chain Lesson Plan &#8211; National Agriculture in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the complexity of global commodity chains that link the production and consumption of agricultural products. Discover how economics, politics, infrastructure, and other conditions affect the distribution of food throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agclassroom.org\/matrix\/lesson\/29\/\">Filling the Global Grocery Bag &#8211; National Agriculture in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students learn what factors affect a country&#8217;s ability to produce their own food and how food expenses differ throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agclassroom.org\/matrix\/lesson\/540\/\">Global Food Security &#8211; National Agriculture in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will explore the causes of hunger, both domestically and globally; evaluate potential solutions for solving world hunger; and forecast the impact of a growing world population on current food supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agclassroom.org\/matrix\/lesson\/562\/\">Global Trade and Interdependence &#8211; National Agriculture in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will examine the impacts of the Columbian Exchange and identify the economic and cultural impacts of contemporary global agricultural trade. They will also explore how food choices influence patterns of food production and consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington Specific Reference Material<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Reference Material<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From 4-H Programs<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Higher Education Institutions<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardening.cals.cornell.edu\/lessons\/curriculum-classics\/discovering-our-food-system\/\">Discovering Our Food System:&nbsp; Experiential Learning &amp; Action for Youth and Their Communities &#8211; Cornell University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discovering Our Food System Curriculum (PDF download) is an interdisciplinary, community-based exploration of the people and processes that shape our food system. Rooted in the places we live, eat, work, learn, and play, Discovering our Food System will help youth better understand what the food system means to them, how it affects their community and their health, and ways in which they can influence the food system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clf.jhsph.edu\/\">Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodspan.org\/\">Foodspan &#8211; Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>FoodSpan<\/em>&nbsp;is a free, downloadable high school curriculum that highlights critical issues in the food system and empowers students to be food citizens. It is aligned to national education standards in science, social studies, health, and family and consumer sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This curriculum stimulates debate about crucial food system topics related to human health, the environment, equity, and animal welfare. The&nbsp;<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jhsph.edu\/research\/centers-and-institutes\/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-future\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future<\/a>&nbsp;developed&nbsp;<em>FoodSpan<\/em> as a natural outgrowth of the work it does to help build a healthier, more equitable, and more resilient food system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardening.cals.cornell.edu\/lessons\/project-s-o-w-seeds-of-wonder-food-gardening-with-justice-in-mind\/\">Project S.O.W: Food Gardening with Justice in Mind &#8211; Cornell University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth work together to investigate how to grow food, explore their relationship with the land and food system, and practice leadership in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Related Organizations, Journals, and Professionals<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.agclassroom.org\/media\/uploads\/CR553\/shiftN_Global_Food_System_Maps.pdf\">Global Food Systems Maps &#8211; National Agriculture in the Classroom (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsystemsjournal.org\/index.php\/fsj\/index\">Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) is published by the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, a project of the Center for Transformative Action, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/3\/ca2079en\/CA2079EN.pdf\">Sustainable food systems:&nbsp; Concept and framework &#8211; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutrition.gov\/topics\/nutrition-life-stage\/children\/kids-corner\">Kids&#8217; Corner &#8211; USDA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teach children the importance of nutrition and physical activity using interactive websites and games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h5 id=\"unique-id-1__71727\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Kits, 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