Our Food System Is Rigged

• This video is about the complexity of the global food system as it relates to the changing climate, focusing specifically on food misinformation and unequal access to healthy food.

Positives

• It acknowledges the vast complexity of the topics being covered and their importance to health and the environment.
• It does not burden the viewer with the "weight of the world" on their food choices but inspires collective improvements in our decision making and awareness.

Additional Prerequisites

• The overarching concepts that connect the many aspects of this issue are identified as more people, limited resources, and a changing planet. Students should have a basic understanding of these connected issues.
• The video description links to references and additional readings on the topics.
• There are ads before the video.
  

Differentiation

• After watching this video, students can use the Environmental Impacts of Food Data Explorer or the Foodprint Calculator to look at the many environmental impacts of their diet.
• Social studies and economics classes could discuss the changes that will need to happen to ensure equal access to healthy food and accurate nutritional information.
• Another video on this topic is How to Change Your Diet to Fight Climate Change.
• Students who are inspired to take action can start a Meatless Mondays campaign. 
• A lesson on this topic is The Carbon Footprint of Food.