{"id":47993,"date":"2021-09-30T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=47993"},"modified":"2021-10-07T20:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T00:50:46","slug":"starving-out-hunger-students-use-stem-to-fight-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/starving-out-hunger-students-fight-food-insecurity-using-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Starving out Hunger: Students Use STEM to Fight Food Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a society that asks young adults who they aspire to be, Thomas O\u2019Neill, Educator at Butler Tech Ross High School and Board President of JEE Foods<\/strong>, encourages students to start making a significant impact at an early age. As an information technology (IT) instructor for over 20 years, his purpose when teaching at a high school level is never to hear the question, \u201cWhat am I ever going to use this for?\u201d This goal led to hands-on learning experiences that challenged students to create impressive solutions to global problems.<\/p>\n

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Students from Butler Tech Ross High School in Hamilton, Ohio and Science Academy of KAIST in Busan, Korea work on their Samsung Global Classroom STEAM Challenge project using a virtual classroom platform developed by IVECA.<\/p><\/div>\n

JEE Foods<\/a>, launched in a Butler Tech Ross High School IT classroom back in 2017, is a nonprofit organization utilizing food rescue to solve poverty and hunger in Hamilton, Ohio. This ambitious group of students was looking to compete in Samsung\u2019s Solve for Tomorrow Challenge<\/a>, a program designed to demonstrate how young leaders can utilize STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) to improve their communities. In trying to tackle the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> one and two, no poverty and zero hunger, this team of visionaries went above and beyond to change the lives of many.<\/p>\n

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Upon collaborating with a school from South Korea<\/a>, the students recognized three areas largely contributing to these ongoing issues: lack of jobs, education, and economic resources. These components became the driving force behind the company name and the transformation of a school project to a fully functioning 501 (c)(3) Organization.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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As an entirely student-run company, they are responsible for all aspects of the business, from partnerships to production to promotion. After reaching out to local farms and gardens, national grocery stores and major food chains, a lot of hard work follows the accumulation of inventory. They reprocess donated products to increase shelf life using unique recipes. From dehydrating and packaging to flash freezing and vacuum packaging, these entrepreneurs maintain the food’s nutritional value and eliminate excess waste.<\/p>\n