Weekly Blog 5/15 - The Food System

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Summary

Within the world, there is a food system. A system is something made up of several components that work together to complete one or multiple tasks. In the food system, there are the people that make the food, prepare the food, sell the food, eat the food, throw away the food, etc. It's like a chain of events that lead up to two possibilities. In order for the store to be able to sell the food, the food has to have been grown and transported previously. If any steps were taken out of the system (or chain of events) everything would be different. Once the food gets to the eating stage, then it can either be thrown into landfills and the garbage, or used into a different way (composting, feeding others, etc.). 

SP6: Constructing explanations and designing solutions

This week I constructed explanations when I organized a list including the steps food goes through. I had to think about the order and why that order would make sense. I also had to explain how food might get wasted during that step. I designed solutions when I created a poster about the strawberries. Once, we ran out of room for writing, as a solution, our group adjusted the papers and made more room for our words. 

XCC: Systems

Like I mentioned earlier, we have a food system which includes several steps leading up to the disposal of food. Though the order of steps can vary depending on the type of food, a general outline my be ordered as production (growing), harvesting, sorting (throwing away bad and keeping the good ones), washing, packaging, transportation, retailing, home storage, cooking, eating, and disposal. All steps and components are dependent on each other. If one step was taken out, the whole food system would change. For example, if we didn't throw away "ugly" foods while sorting, a lot less food would be wasted. America would have much less food waste. This completely changes the outcome of the system.

Multiplier: Initiator

This week I was an initiator. While we were working on our food systems poster wth our group, I was asking questions about the strawberries and the process. I asked questions like, "Would this happen because of this? What do you think?".