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1. This
Draft
document
is
to
solicit
input
for
defining
the
SFP
youth
competition
and
solicit
support
of
all
types.
The
organizing
committee
has
selected
”The
Abundance
Challenge”
as
a
working
title.
SFP
seeks
naming
suggestions
as
well
as
ideas,
general
discussion
and
specific
improvements
on
the
wording
and
proposed
structure
and
scope
of
the
challenge.
All
constructive
comments
will
be
appreciated.
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DRAFT
Version
1.0
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July
1,
2013
SFP
Youth
Initiative:
The
Abundance
Challenge
It
begins
with
a
challenge.
The
SFP
Youth
Challenge
invites
teams
of
high
school
and
college
students
to
address
the
global
challenge
of
food
sustainability,
exploring
and
presenting
workable
solutions
for
creating
abundance
in
the
food
sector
using
one
of
three
approaches:
Technology,
Behavior
or
Design.
The
program
is
versatile,
innovative
and
inclusive.
Teams
of
students
in
all
states
and
provinces
worldwide,
explore
their
best
ideas
of
how
to
nutritiously
and
sustainably
feed
everyone
every
day.
It
is
an
immersive
challenge;
student
teams
collaborate
with
educators,
scholars
and
industry
leaders,
each
inspiring
the
other,
seeking
and
finding
solutions.
The
SFP
Youth
Challenge
–
Help
Solve
the
Global
Food
Crisis!
Supports
educators.
Teachers
inspire
students
to
think
more
expansively.
Work-­‐
ing
with
a
strong
sense
of
purpose,
students
gather
information
from
diverse
resources
and
jointly
develop
new
ideas.
Fosters
collaboration.
Working
in
teams,
students
experience
collaborative
ac-­‐
tions
making
a
difference
in
meeting
the
challenge
of
feeding
our
world’s
growing
popu-­‐
lation
well
beyond
the
21st
Century.
Brings
great
minds
together.
Participating
teams
(“Challengers”)
present
their
well-­‐researched
ideas
to
experts
and
top
executives,
including
farmers
and
industry-­‐
leading
companies,
as
well
as
distinguished
University
scholars.
Results
in
new
hope.
SFP
Youth
Challenge
shows
students
how
much
they
can
achieve.
Students
find
ways
to
shift
the
public
mindset,
reshape
governance
and
policy,
reengineer
technologies
and
redesign
communities
and
ways
of
life.
Exposes
careers.
Students
discover
the
relevance
of
classrooms
to
future
careers.

2. The
SFP
Abundance
Challenge
stimulates
innovation,
promotes
thought
leadership
and
encourages
teamwork.
▪ STEM
disciplines:
Embark
students
on
promising
careers
in
science,
technology,
engineering
and
math
(STEM).
▪ Awareness
of
key
issues:
building
awareness
of
important
food
sustainability
is-­‐
sues
among
students,
educators
and
the
people
of
the
world.
▪ Community
building:
creating
connections
among
students,
research
faculties
and
industry
leaders.
Students
build
confidence
in
their
ability
to
make
a
posi-­‐
tive
difference
in
their
communities.
▪ Problem
solving:
Teams
recognize
their
ability
to
use
their
individual
and
collabo-­‐
rative
skills
to
provide
solutions
and
make
a
difference
in
our
world.
Incentives
to
participate
and
bigger
incentives
to
win!
Prizes
and
Recognition.
All
participants
receive
a
Certificate
of
Collaboration
and
an
SFP
Youth
Challenge
Badge.
Finalists
receive
a
limited
edition,
Winning
Participants
T-­‐shirt
made
of
sustainable
hemp
with
imprinted
SFP
Youth
Challenge
logo
and
embroidered
“Finalist”
badge.
State
champions
also
receive
new
technology
and
State
Champion
badge.
National
champions
and
their
mentor
teachers
receive
cash
awards
and
are
in-­‐
vited
to
attend
Expo
Milano
2015,
whose
theme
is
“Feeding
the
Planet,
Energy
for
Life,”
to
present
their
solutions
at
the
SFP
Worldwide
Symposia.
Cash
awards
and
scholarships
are
also
anticipated.
Topic
Although
our
global
economy
produces
enough
food
each
year
to
feed
everyone,
more
than
one-­‐third
of
the
food
generated
for
human
consumption
is
lost
or
wasted.
Nearly
one
billion
people
in
the
world
are
hungry,
more
than
one
out
of
every
four
children.
Our
challenge
is
to
identify
ways
to
sustainably
ensure
abundant,
nutritious,
culturally
appropriate
and
affordable
food
for
coming
generations.
As
the
world
population
grows,
people
must
make
fundamental
changes
in
their
daily
food
choices.
Outcomes
from
this
challenge
will
generate
new,
more
equitable
opportunities
in
the
areas
of
food
production,
processing
and
distribution.
These
new
opportunities,
widely
disseminated,
will
stimulate
new
choices.
In
addition
to
stimulating
the
minds
of
all
who
participate,
the
SFP
Abundance
Chal-­‐
lenge
will
generate
hundreds
of
new
ideas
and
ways
of
improving
global
food
security
for
a
growing
human
population.
In
this
global
competition,
carried
out
on
local,
region-­‐
al
and
national
levels,
each
team
explores
ways
to
achieve
food
sustainability
in
their
communities.
What
types
of
inventions,
policies
or
redesigns
will
be
needed
to
take
full
advantage
of
advances
in
biotechnology
and
limit
potential
dangers?
How
can
the
infrastructure
of
suburbs,
towns
and
cities
be
redesigned
to
reduce
spoilage
and
convert
waste?
What
types
of
behavioral
changes
will
be
required
of
each
of
us,
and
how
do
we
bring
those
about?
Objective:
Show
the
fundamental
change
your
proposal
will
cause.

3. Areas
of
Study
–
2014
SFP
Abundance
Challenge
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Energy
Conservation
and
Innovation
Water
Purity
and
Access
Soil
Conservation
and
Restoration
Infrastructure
-­‐
Farm
to
Market
Economics/Policy
Social
and
Civic
issues
Climate
Change
Animal
Agriculture
Plant
Science
Challenges
The
SFP
Abundance
Challenge
lets
your
team
choose
among
three
methods
(approaches)
and
address
study
area(s)
by
developing
your
own
creative,
well-­‐
researched
solutions.
Challenge
1:
Technology
Invent
or
redesign
a
machine
or
process
using
sustainable
technologies
for
creating
abundance
through
improved
food
production,
distribution
and/or
resource
conserva-­‐
tion.
Challenge
2:
Design
Design
a
living/working
space
(a
building,
suburb,
town,
or
city)
that
incorporates
low
energy
and
water
consumption
with
sustainable
agriculture,
water
conservancy
and
waste
conversion
to
energy.
Design
a
living
system
that
produces,
preserves
or
distrib-­‐
utes
food
equitably
and
more
sustainably.
Challenge
3:
Behavior
Consider
the
question
of
why
people
are
resistant
to
adopting
and
implementing
alter-­‐
nate
sources
of
food
when
these
can
be
plentiful
in
nature.
Document
a
personal
or
social
quality
that
contributes
to
this
resistance,
or
demonstrate
an
intervention
that
can
be
applied
at
the
personal,
local
or
societal
level
to
encourage
people
to
reconsider
their
eating
behaviors.
Design
a
way
to
study
behavior
in
setting
food
and
taste
prefer-­‐
ences.
Propose
a
behavioral
solution
to
the
challenge.

4. Participation
Guidelines
“We
are
developing
a
program
anyone
can
be
a
part
of.”
–
Shane
Stevenson,
Chair,
SFP
Youth
Initiative.
Your
Project
Team
Teams will come from classes, clubs, and student organizations with an interest to apply
their area of expertise to the challenge. Each team will have a faculty advisor to help
guide the challenge submission, from brainstorming through completion. Teams are encouraged to include every team member and employ their individual talents to the challenge. Food sustainability requires ‘all hands on deck’ – begin by motivating your
classmates to get on board and sign up!
How
to
approach
your
project
While
we
expect
each
project
in
this
sustainability
competition
to
be
unique,
there
are
a
few
elements
that
all
should
have
in
common.
As
you
develop
your
project,
include
and
document
the
following
five
steps:
▪ Background.
Summarize
the
problem
under
investigation
or
the
hypothesis
you
will
explore.
▪ Methods.
Identify
the
methods
or
protocols
you
will
use
to
accomplish
your
research
or
design.
▪ Results.
Provide
an
overview
of
the
key
points
of
your
study.
Your
presentation
should
have
enough
depth
to
allow
judges
to
evaluate
the
content.
▪ Conclusions.
Describe
how
your
project
improves
sustainable
food
systems
to
achieve
global
nutritional
abundance.
Sum
it
up
in
your
project
description.
When
you
register
for
the
competition,
you
will
provide
a
written
statement—150
words
or
less—describing
your
project
in
terms
of
the
above
four
criteria.
Your
Project
Presentation
Your
team’s
presentation
must
be
concise:
a
video
of
up
to
four
minutes
with
a
support-­‐
ing
written
thesis
of
up
to
1000
words
and
any
supporting
graphics
or
illustrations.
Tell
us
the
big
picture,
how
does
your
idea
work,
what
do
you
see
as
its
benefits,
how
does
it
fit
within
current
or
planned
modalities
and
cite
your
findings.

5. Competition
Reviewers
and
Jurists
The
SFP
Youth
Initiative
Steering
Committee
will
process
and
qualify
all
entries.
Selected
packages
will
be
rated
on
a
100-­‐point
system.
The
official
publisher
of
the
Sustainable
Food
Project
is
Diplomatic
Courier
magazine.
Their
annual
competition,
99
under
33
engages
young
leaders
to
share
their
visions
for
a
better
world.
Alumni
of
this
global
competition,
engaged
in
finding
solutions
to
the
global
food
crisis,
will
be
invited
to
review
and
evaluate
finalists
in
the
SFP
Abundance
Challenge.
Judges
may
look
for
opportunities
to
combine
entries,
helping
teams
build
on
like-­‐
minded
ideas,
further
accelerating
the
collaborative
exchange
and
moving
the
combined
ideas
forward.
Your
Comments
This
inclusive
completion
will
be
even
better
with
your
input.
Please
send
you
com-­‐
ments
to:
S.Stevenson@SFP2015.org
Thank
you
for
your
contribution!