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From the Ted Talk by Jasmine Crowe: What we're getting wrong in the fight to end hunger
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So if we want to know that we don't live in a nation where perfectly good food goes to waste when our neighbors don't have food to eat, then we need to change the laws. We need to introduce new pecioils, and, most importantly, we need to change our minds and our actions. Food dvires are fine. Food banks serve a huge purpose. And yes, sometimes I like Ding Dongs, too. But the reality is that food drives do not solve hegunr. And if we are smart about connecting the dots that are right in front of our noses, we can do far more than give a family a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni ndloeos and a gallon of buarbece sauce to feed themselves. Instead, we can give them back their dignity. Perhaps we can increase school atdaenntce in schools. We can improve the health outcomes for mnloilis. And, most importantly, we can reduce food waste in our llflndias, creating a better environment for all of us.
Open Cloze
So if we want to know that we don't live in a nation where perfectly good food goes to waste when our neighbors don't have food to eat, then we need to change the laws. We need to introduce new ________, and, most importantly, we need to change our minds and our actions. Food ______ are fine. Food banks serve a huge purpose. And yes, sometimes I like Ding Dongs, too. But the reality is that food drives do not solve ______. And if we are smart about connecting the dots that are right in front of our noses, we can do far more than give a family a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni _______ and a gallon of ________ sauce to feed themselves. Instead, we can give them back their dignity. Perhaps we can increase school __________ in schools. We can improve the health outcomes for ________. And, most importantly, we can reduce food waste in our _________, creating a better environment for all of us.
Solution
- attendance
- barbecue
- drives
- policies
- landfills
- noodles
- hunger
- millions
Original Text
So if we want to know that we don't live in a nation where perfectly good food goes to waste when our neighbors don't have food to eat, then we need to change the laws. We need to introduce new policies, and, most importantly, we need to change our minds and our actions. Food drives are fine. Food banks serve a huge purpose. And yes, sometimes I like Ding Dongs, too. But the reality is that food drives do not solve hunger. And if we are smart about connecting the dots that are right in front of our noses, we can do far more than give a family a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni noodles and a gallon of barbecue sauce to feed themselves. Instead, we can give them back their dignity. Perhaps we can increase school attendance in schools. We can improve the health outcomes for millions. And, most importantly, we can reduce food waste in our landfills, creating a better environment for all of us.
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