Good Food, Bad Waste

Key Selling Points

Food waste is a major problem around the world, even while 900 million people are suffering from hunger. Food insecurity affects millions of children, including 1 in 6 kids in Canada and the United States. When we throw out food, it contributes to global warming. Up to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are related to food waste. Most of the waste occurs in our homes, which means there are actionable things that kids can do in their own homes to make an impact. The content ties in with curriculum guidelines for middle-grade kids, especially as it relates to the environment, interrelationships between humans and the natural world, our impact on the planet and how kids can affect positive change. Issues around food waste are regularly in the news cycle. In 2021, the US House of Representatives released a plan on how to mitigate climate change, which included how to reduce the country’s $161 billion food-waste footprint. Features profiles of food-waste activists, such as a sustainable cattle farmer, an urban fruit picker, the CEO of a sustainable waste-management company and even young activists who are working to solve this issue.