More than 20 million Americans lack access to grocery stores. The sixth lesson in the 13-part unit on Our Hungry Planet introduces the concept of food deserts and ideas to correct this lack of access. Discussion questions provide a framework for approaching urban farming's relationship with the environment, the economy, and society.

Concepts

farming, cities, food systems, food supply

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss how technology and robots might help solve the problem of food deserts
• Debate why urban areas with large populations lack grocery stores

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on knowledge from the previous lessons in the unit

Pros

• Provides closed captioning for ease of note taking
• Requires very little class time

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4