Challenge 10:
Equitable Access to Safe Food
WEBSITES
Use your Internet browser to search for resources using the key terms “ways to reduce wasted
food, ” “how do coolers work,” “how to build a cooler,” “best coolers for [YYYY]” where YYYY
represents the current year, or “thermal performance comparisons of coolers.”
Instructables
https://instructables.com/
Suggested search keywords:
graph, temperature graph
Sciencing
https://sciencing.com/
Suggested search keywords:
how to use a thermometer
Texas Career Check
https://texascareercheck.com
Suggested search keywords:
food science technicians, food scientists and technologists
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
https://epa.gov/
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
https://www.fda.gov/
wikiHow
https://wikihow.com/
Suggested search keywords:
how to create a user manual
VIDEOS
Use your Internet browser to search for videos to show during class using the terms “how to
keep food cold without electricity,” “how to build a refrigerator,” ”how to make drawings to scale,”
“how to create an instructional manual,” or “food engineer.” Conduct this search prior to class to
verify the content is appropriate for the class and the challenge.
ARTICLES
United States Department of Agriculture. (2017, June 28).
“Danger Zone” (40 °F–140 °F)
[Website
article]. Retrieved from
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-
preparation/food-safety-basics/danger-zone-40f-140f
United States Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.).
Reducing wasted food at home
[Website
article]. Retrieved from
https://www.epa.gov/recycle/reducing-wasted-food-home#storage
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2020, February 11).
Food and water safety during power
outages and floods
[Website article]. Retrieved from
https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-
serve-safe-food/food-and-water-safety-during-power-outages-and-floods