FEEDING THE FUTURE NEW TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
Sustainable food production is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century.
The Feeding the Future New Technology Experience guides teams in learning about the technologies that support sustainable food systems. FIRST Global teams will research and develop their own solutions to improve the type of foods produced, methods of production, and waste reduction, while highlighting how the application of these technologies benefits economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
Learn more in the 2024 FIRST Global Challenge – Feeding the Future New Technology Experience Guide.
FEEDING THE FUTURE WINNERS
GOLD – Team Spain 🇪🇸
Team Spain's project was called SUNHARVEST. It integrated agrivoltaics and water management for sustainable agriculture and energy production.
LEARN MORE →SILVER – Team Ireland 🇮🇪
Team Ireland's project focused on replacing harmful chemical fertilizers with electro-farming.
LEARN MORE →BRONZE – Team Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷
Team Islamic Republic of Iran's project focused on HydroFusion (an advanced integrated agricultural closed-loop system).
LEARN MORE →ONLINE RESOURCES
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SMITHSONIAN SCIENCE FOR GLOBAL GOALS
FIRST Global has collaborated with the Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) on the 2024 FIRST Global Challenge – Feeding the Future. The following resources are provided to FIRST Global teams to aid in their New Technology Experience research.
Food! How Do We Ensure Good Nutrition for All?
Food! is a freely available community research guide developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) in partnership with the InterAcademy Partnership as part of the Smithsonian Science for Global Goals project.
Food! is a module broken up into seven parts. Each part contains a series of tasks to complete. Each task contains additional resources to support that task. We have provided a suggested order for the parts and tasks. However, the structure of the guide hopefully allows you to customize your learning experience by selecting which parts, tasks, and resources you would like to utilize and in what order you would like to complete them.
Overview Videos
The five videos linked below serve as introductions, helping teams engage with the Food! guide to enhance their experience.
Session 1:
Introductions and Understanding the Problem
Session 2:
Getting To Know the Team
Session 3:
Gathering Data From Your Community
Session 4:
Collecting and Analyzing Additional Data
Session 5:
Creating an Action Plan
FOOD SUSTAINABILITY OVERVIEW
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sustainable food systems – Concept and framework
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO’s Data Lab for Statistical Innovation uses state-of-the-art methods to discover hidden information relevant to food security, nutrition, and food systems transformation
World Health Organization
Food systems for health – Actions to advance food systems transformation to improve human, animal, and planetary health
United Nations
An overview of the water-energy-food nexus and the balance and the delicate relation between these global resources
European Commission
Europe’s Farm to Fork Strategy – For a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
Economist Impact
The Food Sustainability Index (FSI) examines how food systems are performing across three pillars: food loss and waste, sustainable agriculture, and nutritional challenges
World Wildlife Fund
Actions to improve efficiency and productivity while reducing waste and shifting consumption patterns to produce sufficient amounts of food
World Resources Institute
Creating a Sustainable Food Future – A Menu of Solutions to Feed Nearly 10 Billion People by 2050
International Confederation of Dietetic Associations
Learning modules on sustainable food systems, diets, and nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute
Publications on a range of food system issues, from farm-level productivity to development of inclusive food value chains to nutrition education
FOOD SELECTION
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Plates, pyramids and planets – Developments in national healthy and sustainable dietary guidelines: a state of play assessment
World Health Organization
The Global database on the Implementation of Food and Nutrition Action (GIFNA) is an interactive platform for sharing standardized information on food and nutrition policies and actions
Our World in Data
Meat and Dairy Production – Meat is an important source of nutrition for people around the world. How quickly is demand growing? And what are the implications for animal welfare and the earth’s environment?
Our World in Data
Fish and Overfishing – How are fish stocks changing across the world? How much is overfished?
Our World in Data
Savouring heritage through forgotten foods – Rediscovering Africa’s native foods for a sustainable agricultural renaissance
FOOD PRODUCTION
World Economic Forum
From the field to the dinner table, AI in agriculture can create a resilient food system
International Telecommunications Union/AI for Good
Agricultural Robots: Farming Smarter, Not Harder
McKinsey & Company
Feeding the world sustainably – Green technologies, biotech advances, and artificial intelligence could help tame agricultural emissions and waste, while safeguarding ocean resources
Our World in Data
Environmental Impacts of Food Production – What are the environmental impacts of food production? How do we reduce the impacts of agriculture on the environment?
Our World in Data
Land Use – How is humanity using the Earth’s land? And how can we decrease our land use so that more land is left for wildlife?
FOOD DISPOSAL
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO elearning Academy – SDG Sub-indicator 12.3.1.a – Food Loss Index
United Nations
International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction (29 September)
World Resources Institute
The Global Benefits of Reducing Food Loss and Waste, and How to Do It
Our World in Data
The food loss index measures the percentage of food lost from the farm level up until retail
ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
Bezos Earth Fund
Created by a commitment of $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to be disbursed as grants to fight climate change and protect nature
The Rockefeller Foundation
Committed to advancing food systems that are good for people and planet and supporting a healthier way to produce, purchase, and consume food
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