Take a look at this infographic from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to see how much food is wasted every year and what we can do to address this issue.
This lesson plan from ReadWriteThink gives students the opportunity to explore the problem of food waste. Students can research the topic with videos and online resources and then create a persuasion map to plan their argument.
If the dates on our food don’t tell us that something’s gone bad, what do they tell us? Find out what expiration date labels on food actually mean, and discover ways communities and governments can lessen food waste.