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Sign up to get customized educational newsletter for parents and kids. Submit your contest entry on our site. What are the major challenges in feeding the world population? How is global warming impacting farming and food supply? How many people in the world do not have enough food to eat and why? Can you create sustainable ways to help solve world hunger? Learn more http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Features/Future-of-Food http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNezTsrCY0Q ( You can see this page and links our website. Click on “challenges for kids” ) World Meat consumption by 2030 4 th - 8 th grade Learn how meat is produced today and latest innovations that can make meat like products from plant based proteins. What are the major challenges with food production now and how would you solve these issues? Time required: 4-8 hours Last date for contest submission: April 7, 2013. (power point or word document or create a Google site page The world population consumes on average 102.5 pounds of meat per person. 8.8 Billion chickens are consumed per year in the world. That is more than one chicken for every person in the world. Now, with modern technology, scientists were able to produce plant based meat that has the same taste, texture and proteins as regular meat. Your Goals: •Learn as much as you can about food production and meat. •Understand and explain how much food is wasted between farm and consumer. •Provide solutions to reduce food waste. •What ideas do you have that will help sustainable farming? •How droughts are affecting food supply? Can you turn this land into this green farm? From www.thegatesnotes.com
