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How can we achieve zero hunger?

Welcome back to my blog. This post is about my second Action Project for my Food For Thought class in the Humanities course. This unit was titled Death and we learned about monocultures and polycultures. A large amount of the farming in the United States is a monoculture and they only grow one type of crop. It can be grapes, oranges, corn, wheat, etc. Polycultures can be helpful to the environment because there are multiple crops growing in the area. The different crops can help each other out by providing nutrients or even giving shade to their neighbors. In this unit we also discussed reparations on the Atlantic Slave Trade as well as thinking about what we eat and how it has traveled around before it came to us. The main goal of this action project was to talk about a specific target in Sustainable Development Goal number 2. SDG 2 has been named Zero Hunger. For this AP we were asked to research a civilization that encountered similar problems that were related to the target we chose and how they overcame this obstacle. It was also important to include a way for us to achieve this target and eventually the goal by using something from the civilization we researched or around that area. We were also asked to record ourselves giving our speech as if we were at the United Nations and presenting it to everyone. I hope you enjoy what I have written.




I thought this action project was a nice experience. This was the first AP I have done so far where I filmed myself speaking and I am sure it will not be the last. I enjoyed learning more about the target I chose and how the civilization I chose faced their problems. As we were working on these APs we were still in self isolation because of the global pandemic which made it slightly difficult when I wanted to ask for some help. This unit and action project required a lot of thinking and research and I think I handled that well. I hope this could help someone learn about the Sustainable Development Goals and even about the Incan Empire. Thank you for reading and watching and I hope to see you in the next post.

Sources:

“2.4.1 Agricultural Sustainability :  Www.fao.org.” 2.4.1 Agricultural Sustainability | Sustainable Development Goals | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/indicators/2.4.1/en/.

“Adaptation to Climate Change.” Weltagrarbericht, www.globalagriculture.org/report-topics/adaptation-to-climate-change.html.

Bennett, Elena, et al. “Toward a More Resilient Agriculture.” The Solutions Journal, www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/toward-a-more-resilient-agriculture/.

ThriveHive, Published. “Why Do Customers Buy? How to Identify Customer Buying Habits.” ThriveHive, 26 July 2017, thrivehive.com/why-do-customers-buy-how-to-identify-customer-buying-habits/.

“Goal 2 .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform.” United Nations, United Nations, sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg2.

Jajasmin, and dasparks on December 6. “Inca Agriculture.” Real Archaeology, 18 Nov. 2018, pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2018/11/18/inca-agriculture/.
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