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How School Gardens & Hydroponics Can Change the Food System | Ciara Byrne | TEDxFremontEastDistrict

NOTE FROM TED: TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/t... As more and more children and their families face food injustices ranging from food deserts in Las Vegas to $9 heads of lettuce in rural Alaska, it is clear that our present food system needs to change. In this talk, Ciara Byrne, CEO of Green Our Planet, shares how the solution might be more local than you'd expect! School gardens and indoor school hydroponic gardens can impact the health of students and their families for the better and change the landscape of local food systems. Furthermore, by using hydroponic gardens, communities can decrease their use of vital natural resources such as water while reclaiming their food sovereignty. In March, 2013 Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie co-founded Green Our Planet, a nonprofit based in Las Vegas that runs the largest and most comprehensive STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) school garden and hydroponics programs in the United States. The mission is to increase student academic performance in STEM through project-based education, which includes nutrition, financial literacy, and conservation education in PreK-12 schools. Green Our Planet has built more than 200 outdoor gardens and over 400 hydroponics laboratories in 31 states impacting more than 250,000 students across the United States. Green Our Planet has trained more than 7,000 teachers, helped organize over 800 student-run farmers markets and more than 600 chef demos. Ciara was selected along with 19 other nonprofit leaders from around the world, from 5,000 applications to be a 2019 Obama Fellow. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx