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

慢性饥饿影响着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)影响着20多亿人。该项目寻求通过一种文化上适当的、自下而上的循环食物生态系统方法来改善隐藏的饥饿，以了解整个食物系统中的微量营养素缺乏。流行的自上而下的线性粮食系统模型限制了目前理解和解决饥饿问题的方法。线性模型要么着眼于增加粮食产量(农场)，要么着眼于增加最终消费者(叉子)。线性食品系统模式(食品加工)的中间部分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十分重要。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来复兴一种古老的文化上适宜的奥萨奇食品，以解决奥萨奇民族隐藏的饥饿问题。了解土壤-水-植物-食物-人的微量营养素分布可以促进科学洞察和食物生态系统中微量营养素的相互联系。这种将定性和定量数据联系在一起的基本理解将有助于设计策略，以防止研究地区：俄克拉何马州波胡斯卡市的奥萨奇(瓦扎哲)民族的隐性饥饿。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，并支持奥萨奇国家的粮食主权。(M1)了解土壤-水-植物-食物-人之间的具体相互作用，以及这一认识如何为国家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)探讨是否可以利用可持续食品加工工程来提高奥萨奇民族的传统食品[接骨木]的营养、可及性和可获得性，采用10步FPE(食品加工工程)协议，并将古老的食品知识与新技术相结合，以促进经济发展。(M3)在奥萨奇国家共同创建一个具有层层一体化的盛宴框架，将循环粮食系统与可持续发展目标连接起来，以建立有复原力的粮食和营养安全系统。盛宴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。让有现实生活问题的学生参加两门团队合作课程：食品加工工程和零饥饿挑战。EG2：根据咨询委员会的意见，为参与式研究模块设计OSAGE特有的文化能力，以便与OSAGE成员互动。EG3：开发一个奥萨奇(华扎哲)语言和英语的数字故事书应用程序。项目团队将与奥萨奇国家-收获之地合作，举办为期两天的盛宴-可持续发展工作组研讨会，包括关于可持续食品加工的动手培训，以重振奥萨奇食品(来自M2&Amp；M3)并连接到可持续发展目标。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.