Turning Food Waste Into a Resource

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
stn15 SciTech Now KCTS landfill food supermarket produce grocery store organic inorganic farming fertilizer scraps harvester runoff sustainable micro-organisms nutrients compost abiotic cycles of matter nutrient cycles nitrogen cycle phosphorus cycle commercial food waste wiserg biomass
Subjects
Science
Grade Levels
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Turning Food Waste Into a Resource

Find out how one company is using discarded produce from grocery stores to help farmers grow better crops—all with a little help from technology—in this video from SciTech Now. Support materials will also provide an opportunity for students to explore the role of decomposers in natural fertilizers, and to investigate the final destination of the food waste from their school cafeteria.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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