Although America has one of the most productive food systems in the world, people are still starving and not getting their nutrition they need to sustain a healthy life, in other words they aren't getting "Food Justice". For this project, Sophia Morrison, Leah Maxwell, Matthew Arucan, Oliver Scott, Joseph Guyse and I decided to research this topic and how we can help this prevent this issue. Throughout this project, I've learned what it takes to "make" a non-profit and what a non - profit is through collaboration, learning, and hard work.
Our non-profit is called Roots for Change, we decided that we want our audience to be young kids (elementary schoolers). Our mission statement is, “Our mission is to give youth back the right to grow and cook healthy food in a way that is affordable, environmentally healthy, socially impactful, and most importantly hands on and interactive. We want to inspire this generation to care about not only where food comes from but also the impact our agricultural and culinary habits have on the world.” And the word Food Justice means is communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food. Healthy food is fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, workers, and animals. I learned more about collaborating with others by listening to others ideas and trying to implement them with my idea or just inputting it into my work because its better.
The second way that I learned what a non-profit is and how to "make" a non-profit is through learning. Throughout this project I've learned a lot of things, especially about Food Justice and the different ways to grow food. Before this project I thought that farming was the only way to grow food, but now I know that these things called Aquaponics exist. An aquaponic is a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water For example, I didn't know that there were so many lacks of Food Justice, one of them is lack of interest in culture. I never knew that this could be a possibility for lacks of Food Justice. I also never knew that food deserts were so common. Before this project I thought food deserts were rare, but they're very common. So common that some parts of Southern California are food deserts.
The third way I learned throughout the time of this project is that in order to "make" a non-profit you need to work very hard and put in all of you effort in it, and there isn't any time for procrastination. Before I did this project I knew I had to work hard, but during this project, I was pushed to the limits, and I don't think I've ever worked harder in a school project than this one. I also learned that if I want to take an idea and make it come to life its easier said than done for sure. Our group wants to spread the knowledge about Food Justice and how it can affect our bodies, and the environment, but right now it is purely just an idea. So if we want to do this we need to schedule a time and get all the facts we possibly can about Food Justice. We need to deepen our learning about what Food Justice is and what it means.
Throughout this project, I've learned what it means to be a group member, and what it means to "make" a non-profit, be part of one, and what the word non-profit means. To make a non-profit I think you need to learn how to work hard and not procrastinate, learn how to collaborate, and learn new things. If you don't learn how to do these few things, making a non-profit is going to much harder than it already is.
Our non-profit is called Roots for Change, we decided that we want our audience to be young kids (elementary schoolers). Our mission statement is, “Our mission is to give youth back the right to grow and cook healthy food in a way that is affordable, environmentally healthy, socially impactful, and most importantly hands on and interactive. We want to inspire this generation to care about not only where food comes from but also the impact our agricultural and culinary habits have on the world.” And the word Food Justice means is communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat healthy food. Healthy food is fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally-appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, workers, and animals. I learned more about collaborating with others by listening to others ideas and trying to implement them with my idea or just inputting it into my work because its better.
The second way that I learned what a non-profit is and how to "make" a non-profit is through learning. Throughout this project I've learned a lot of things, especially about Food Justice and the different ways to grow food. Before this project I thought that farming was the only way to grow food, but now I know that these things called Aquaponics exist. An aquaponic is a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water For example, I didn't know that there were so many lacks of Food Justice, one of them is lack of interest in culture. I never knew that this could be a possibility for lacks of Food Justice. I also never knew that food deserts were so common. Before this project I thought food deserts were rare, but they're very common. So common that some parts of Southern California are food deserts.
The third way I learned throughout the time of this project is that in order to "make" a non-profit you need to work very hard and put in all of you effort in it, and there isn't any time for procrastination. Before I did this project I knew I had to work hard, but during this project, I was pushed to the limits, and I don't think I've ever worked harder in a school project than this one. I also learned that if I want to take an idea and make it come to life its easier said than done for sure. Our group wants to spread the knowledge about Food Justice and how it can affect our bodies, and the environment, but right now it is purely just an idea. So if we want to do this we need to schedule a time and get all the facts we possibly can about Food Justice. We need to deepen our learning about what Food Justice is and what it means.
Throughout this project, I've learned what it means to be a group member, and what it means to "make" a non-profit, be part of one, and what the word non-profit means. To make a non-profit I think you need to learn how to work hard and not procrastinate, learn how to collaborate, and learn new things. If you don't learn how to do these few things, making a non-profit is going to much harder than it already is.