CAREER: FEAST (Food Ecosystems And circularity for Sustainable Transformation) framework to address Hidden Hunger

职业：FEAST（食品生态系统和可持续转型循环）框架解决隐性饥饿

• 批准号: 2338423
• 负责人: Kiruba Krishnaswamy
• 金额: $ 53.23万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-06-01 至 2029-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2338423&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; FEAST; Food; Ecosystems; circularity

Chronic hunger affects 783 million people; hidden hunger (lack of essential micronutrients - vitamins and minerals - in the diet) affects more than 2 billion people. This project seeks to ameliorate hidden hunger through a culturally appropriate, bottom-up, circular food ecosystems approach to understand the micronutrient deficiencies throughout the food system. The prevailing top-down linear food system model limits current approaches to understanding and addressing hunger. The linear model either focuses on increasing food production (farm) or the end consumer (fork). The middle segment of the linear food system model (food processing) has limited accessibility to underserved communities. Understanding the middle segment (food processing) is important to address food and nutrition security for the sustainable transformation of food systems. This project aims to develop a circular FEAST framework through research to revive an ancient culturally appropriate Osage food via sustainable food processing to address hidden hunger at the Osage Nation. Understanding the micronutrient profiles from soil - water - plants - food - people can advance scientific insights and the interconnections of micronutrients in the food ecosystem. This fundamental understanding connecting qualitative and quantitative data will help design strategies to prevent hidden hunger in the study region: Osage (Wah-Zha-Zhe) Nation, Pawhuska, Oklahoma. The FEAST Project aims to investigate sustainable food process engineering strategies to address hidden hunger and support food sovereignty in the Osage Nation via three Research Milestones (M) and three Educational Goals (EG). (M 1) To understand the specific interactions in the soil-water-plant-food-people connecting micronutrient deficiencies in the food system, and how this understanding can inform targeted interventions for the Osage Nation to address micronutrient deficiencies effectively. (M2) To address if sustainable food process engineering can be leveraged to enhance the nutrition, accessibility, and availability of a traditional food [elderberry] at the Osage Nation, by adopting a 10 step FPE (Food Process Engineering) protocol and connecting ancient food knowledge with new technology to enhance the economic development. (M 3) Co-creating a FEAST framework with layer-by-layer integration connecting circular food systems and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Osage Nation to build resilient food and nutrition security systems. The FEAST framework can be scaled to other Tribal Nations to support food sovereignty. The project's Educational Goals (EG) seek to increase awareness about hidden hunger, sustainable food processing, and SDGs. EG1: Engaging students with real-life problems from the FEAST project into two courses for teamwork: Food Process Engineering and Zero Hunger Challenge. EG2: Designing an Osage specific Cultural Competence for Engaged Research module with inputs from an Advisory Board to interact with the Osage members. EG3: Developing a digital storybook app in Osage (Wah-Zha-Zhe) language and English. The project team will partner with the Osage Nation- Harvest Land to conduct a pair of two-day FEAST-SDG workshops, including hands-on training on sustainable food processing to revive an Osage food (from M2 & M3) and connecting to SDGs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

长期饥饿影响到7.83亿人;隐性饥饿（饮食中缺乏必要的微量营养素-维生素和矿物质）影响到20多亿人。该项目旨在通过文化上适当的、自下而上的、循环食品生态系统方法来了解整个食品系统中微量营养素缺乏症，从而改善隐性饥饿。流行的自上而下的线性粮食系统模式限制了目前理解和解决饥饿问题的方法。线性模型要么侧重于增加粮食产量（农场），要么侧重于终端消费者（餐桌）。线性食物系统模式的中间部分（食品加工）对服务不足的社区的可及性有限。了解中间环节（食品加工）对于解决粮食和营养安全问题，实现粮食系统的可持续转型至关重要。该项目旨在通过研究开发一个循环盛宴框架，通过可持续的食品加工恢复古老的文化上适当的Osage食品，以解决Osage国家的隐性饥饿问题。了解土壤-水-植物-食物-人的微量营养素概况可以推进科学见解和食物生态系统中微量营养素的相互联系。这种基本的理解连接定性和定量数据将有助于设计战略，以防止隐藏的饥饿在研究区域：奥萨奇（Wah-Zha-Zhe）民族，Pawhuska，俄克拉荷马州。FEAST项目旨在通过三个研究里程碑（M）和三个教育目标（EG）调查可持续食品加工工程战略，以解决隐藏的饥饿问题，并支持奥塞奇国家的粮食主权。（M1）了解土壤-水-植物-食物-人之间的具体相互作用与食物系统中的微量营养素缺乏之间的联系，以及这种了解如何为奥塞奇民族有效解决微量营养素缺乏问题提供有针对性的干预措施。(M2)为了解决可持续食品加工工程是否可以利用来提高营养，可及性，并通过采用10步FPE（食品加工工程）协议和将古老的食品知识与新技术相结合来提高Osage Nation的传统食品[接骨木果]的可用性，以促进经济发展。（M3）共同创建一个FEAST框架，将循环食品系统与Osage国家的可持续发展目标（SDG）层层整合，以建立有弹性的食品和营养安全系统。FEAST框架可以扩展到其他部落国家，以支持粮食主权。该项目的教育目标（EG）旨在提高人们对隐性饥饿、可持续食品加工和可持续发展目标的认识。EG1：让学生从FEAST项目中遇到现实生活中的问题，进入两门课程进行团队合作：食品加工工程和零饥饿挑战。EG2：设计一个奥塞奇特定的文化能力，为奥塞奇研究模块与咨询委员会的投入，与奥塞奇成员互动。EG 3：用Osage（Wah-Zha-Zhe）语言和英语开发数字故事书应用程序。项目团队将与Osage Nation- Harvest Land合作举办两个为期两天的FEAST-SDG研讨会，包括可持续食品加工的实践培训，以恢复Osage食品（来自M2 M3）并与SDG联系起来。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。