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What's the biggest food security challenge near you?


Meet 24-year-old Sithembile Ndema. She's fighting food security in her home country of Zimbabwe.

Read Sithembile's story -- and then get ready to fight food security where you are.

First, know what you're up against:
1) Understand today's reality -- investigate the the global hunger map
2) Develop your foresight -- and learn about the future food shortages we may all face
3) Prepare to change the future -- and discover why innovations in farming and agriculture are key to our survival.

Now that you've got a good idea what the fight is all about, it's time to find a story about food security challenges near you.

Who is affected by hunger and food insecurity in your community? What innovations are being used to combat it? Are there any amazing food security projects near you already?

Here are some links that can start you on your investigation... but feel free to look anywhere online for stories. Search for "food security" and your city, state, or country! Or ask other agents and mentors for help in the discussion forums.

Pick any link... and start investigating!
Here are some starter stories about innovations in tackling hunger today.

Here's a sneak at the food shortages we might face in the future -- and how we can start solving them today:

Your objective: Describe the biggest challenge to food security in your own local community or country -- and an innovative solution that is already underway.

Doc**ent your local insight with a blog post, video, or photo.


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Comment by Nathaniel G Madden on April 29, 2013 at 11:48am

The most exigent need is low-income hunger. LEARN2

Comment by Nathan Wright on December 8, 2012 at 4:42pm

The food problem in America is mainly based on the health of the food that we eat. Not only do we pretty much run on fast food the healthy food is expensive and many familys simply can't afford it. I believe that the best solution would be to make the healthy food cheaper and encourage more restaurants to serve healthy meals.

Comment by Rob Brannan on December 6, 2012 at 2:58am

The biggest food security problem in my country is the amount of food that is readily available to Americans. We have countless fast food restaurants and various other places to get food. The problems with these foods are that they are unhealthy. America as a wh*** is getting fat and basically dependent on these food sources. I believe that americans need to begin to eat healthier while also starting their own gardens in order to grow organic foods. This will put less dependence on the food industry as a wh*** and make americans independent by allowing americans the ability to save money by growing their own foods.

Comment by Mary Crawford Esslinger on December 5, 2012 at 10:09pm

Our biggest food insecurity is the quantity and quality of our food. Almost all Americans have enough money to buy healthy food, and we end up buying tons of unhealthy food instead.

Comment by Eric Connor Lieberman on December 4, 2012 at 9:44pm

The biggest food security issue is fast food. It may be easy but is is really unhealthy.

Comment by Robert Breeser on November 29, 2012 at 11:54pm

The biggest food security is that Americans eat too much unhealthy food.

Comment by Sydney the Sweet on November 3, 2012 at 12:35pm

The biggest food security is that we buy too much food and then we have to eat it all and iti is mostly unhealthy junkfood

Comment by Julia Sherrill on October 18, 2012 at 12:36am

The biggest food security is how much junk food now people are eating

Comment by Martha Wilber on October 2, 2012 at 12:32am

The biggest food security problem is how people are eating too much unhealthy food

Comment by Brittany Pearson on September 28, 2012 at 10:20pm

We need to watch How much food we consume and waste, That is the biggest problem for Americans today.

Comment by Medardo Vazquez Cruz on September 28, 2012 at 11:23am

Our biggest Problem for Food Security is the people that consume so much food, most of them don't even need It. While obesity is another problem in other countries some people face starvation. That's why most of us need to start saving food instead of gobbling down everything down to the last crumb or else the people who take the food for granted will starve to death.

Comment by Arynn Eady on September 28, 2012 at 4:06am

Comment by Arynn Eady on September 28, 2012 at 4:06am

our problem with food security is that there are to many people consuming and wasting to much food.

Comment by Steven Jackson on September 28, 2012 at 2:56am

The big problem for food security is us Americans need to pay attention to the portions we eat and how much are portions are suppose to be. Most Americans portions are to big for them.

Comment by Harris Cohen on September 28, 2012 at 1:40am

The biggest problem for food security with us is that we do not pay attention to how much we eat, and how much we should eat and nead to eat. We do not nead to consume the amount we do right know.

Comment by Brian Adam Smith on September 28, 2012 at 1:31am

like olivia and hayley said previously our biggest problem is that food is not getting distibuted equally. the people in countries like africa are starving right now. everybody should get the same amount of food.

Comment by Olivia Koenig on September 28, 2012 at 12:14am
Our biggest challenge here is that food is not distributed equally. So many places in America have a high obesity rate, like Hayley said, and many people in countries in places like Africa are starving. We need to learn how to share this food so nobody is getting too much or too little.
Comment by Hayley Breeser on September 27, 2012 at 11:24pm

Our biggest challenge is that people here buy so much food that they dont need. It isnt fair that obesity is a big problem here while starvation is in other countries. If we dont start being less wasteful,eventually we are going to starve too.

Comment by Camille Grout on September 27, 2012 at 11:01pm

lots of people waste food. People buy so much and then end up just not eating it at all. Many people dont even have food and we are only eating half the food we buy. Sooner or later the wh*** world wont have enogh food.

Comment by Mahzuza Rahaman on September 27, 2012 at 10:27pm

The biggest challenge to food security in my community is that people don't pay attention to how much food they buy and waste. Many people all over the world are dying because of starvation, while we don't think twice about our food. When we throw away food, we should think that someone/ anuone all over the world can be dying because they have no food.My mom always tells me not to waste my food because that food could feed at least 1 person that is starving.


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