Join us on Thursday 25th July from 5pm AEST (Sydney/Melbourne Time) to celebrate the Future of Food Youth Design Challenge Finalists and Winners!

Young people from around Australia submitted ideas to design the Future of Food across the following themes: Connection and Joy through Food, Food Sustainability, Food and Technology, Regional and Rural Food Growth and Production, and Indigenous Food & Agriculture.

We will hear from some of our Challenge winners and will be joined by some of our Judges who will share some feedback.

We encourage all of our Finalists and Winners to come along and invite their friends, parents, family members and teachers!

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Event Details:

🗓 Thusday 25th July, 2024

⏰ 5 PM to 6 PM AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne Time)

📍This is a virtual event. Zoom links will be sent to all registered attendees

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Event Agenda:

5 PM – Welcome and Introductions

5-5:30PM Showcase of ideas from Winners

5:30-6PM – Judges Q&A

6 PM – Wrap Up and End of Event

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About the Future of Food Youth Design Challenge

The choices we make about what we eat affect not only our wellbeing but also the health of our planet. As the world's population continues to grow, and as climate change disrupts traditional agricultural practices, we must develop sustainable and resilient food systems to ensure everyone has access to nutritious and affordable food.

The Future of Food Youth Challenge aims to:

Increase understanding of sustainable food production, healthy and accessible consumption and reduced waste.
Increase opportunities to support food producers and distributors
Increase community capacity to address emerging food issues
Explore ways to make meaningful connections through food
Develop technology-driven solutions to improve the efficiency and sustainability of food production, distribution, and consumption.
Blend traditions and practices into our food systems to strengthen our connection to culture through sustainable food production and consumption

That's why between the 1st of January to the 30th of June 2024 we challenged young people aged 10-21 across Australia to ideate solutions to:

"How might we reimagine the Future of Food?"

First Nations Lens

In partnership with Food Futures, Young Change Agents has also released a First Nations Lens to this challenge. This is a version of the program available for classrooms with a majority of First Nations students, which has a focus on Indigenous foods and Agriculture, connection to Culture and Care for Country.

Once signed up you can access both lenses of the challenge resources.

For more information about our challenges and initiatives you can visit our website!