Featured at the Feeding the Planet Summit

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

This year's Summit is all telling the story behind food in the age of climate change. Here are some of the amazing, student-made food stories we shared at the Summit.

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Plant One Forward

#plant1foward

Heather Crosby

Sewanee: University of the South

This video reinforces that farmers are the reason we eat everyday. It simply presents the innovation of everyone growing a crop, with the hope that everyone will have a connection to their food and not take it for granted. In order to closer the... Read More

Food + Innovation = ?

Phoebe Ferguson

Furman University

Food + Innovation = (Research + Access) x (Community + Support)

Food + Innovation = b.good

b.good in Cranston, RI

Macey Farnsworth

Roger Williams University

Who Knew Fast Food Could B.(so)Good? CRANSTON, R.I. __ When you walk through the doors of b.good burgers in the Garden City plaza, one can’t help but notice the pictures of farmers and other local purveyors lining the walls. Among them, there are... Read More

Women & Water: Climate Change Makes It Worse

Video by Anna Sumi and Alyssa Bruns

Alyssa Bruns

The George Washington University

Women face unique challenges when it comes to climate change, especially where water is concerned.

One Farm, One Bay, One Big Difference

Video by Eric Osman and Sumner Byrne

Sumner Byrne

The George Washington University

It looked like a scene out of the musical "Oklahoma." Tom Linthicum, owner of Seneca Ayr Farms, drove us up the gravel road to his farmhouse in Maryland. The bright November day made the recently harvested soybean fields glow and sway, his green-... Read More

Food + Innovation = ?

The Practical Utility Platform

David

Purdue University

The Challenge: Rural Transportation and Farm Power Many developing countries are challenged by poor roads in rural areas and few affordable transport options. Without good transportation, access to food, farm inputs, education, and markets is... Read More

Small Spaces, Huge Potential

Video by Anahi Ruiz and Lauren Pollack

Lauren Pollack

The George Washington Universtiy

A sustainable lifestyle can be found in unsuspecting spaces; one DC company is putting fresh food into tiny urban places.

Food Not Bombs: Using Food Waste to Feed the Planet

Tony Brunner

American University

Sometimes good food falls through the cracks and becomes waste. These guys catch it, and turn it into a community service.

My GMO Journey: From Skeptic To Supporter

Anna Sumi

Digital Media Producer, Planet Forward

One GWU student started the year skeptical of Genetically Modified Organisms, but had a change of heart once she looked closer.