For Individuals or Groups (2–5 students per group) — Maximum points: 200 (100 per entry; 2 entries per school)
YOUR CHALLENGE: Food brings people together and allows us to connect across generations and cultures. Food plays a critical role in defining our identity, cultural heritage and ethnicity. Immigrants bring recipes and traditions of their countries to their new homes. These culinary recipes may then be adapted using local ingredients different from their country of origin or may be lost entirely if the resources are unavailable. Create a video that tells the story of how the food eaten in your home is representative of your heritage and how traditional recipes have been influenced by your surroundings. Downloadable PDF
ENTRY SUBMISSION: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 by 5:00 pm
Electronically submit the following:
| ✓ Entry Requirements: |
| | Video credits include school name, “Challenge 4” and “2021-2022” |
| | A maximum of five students must take an active role in the video. Their names and roles should be listed in opening or closing credits |
| | Video tells the story of how the food eaten in your home is representative of your heritage and how traditional recipes have been influenced by your surroundings |
| | Video is 10 minutes or less and uploaded on YouTube and Video URL to entry form |
| | Bibliography citing at least three sources, following MLA or APA format, and is uploaded as a PDF to entry form |
| | On-time entry submission (late entries may not receive points) |
GREEN TREASURES – MY FOOD STORY STUDENT WORKSHOP: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Available spaces will be filled on a first-come, first served basis. To register, please click here. – Coming Soon!
Free Transportation for Title I Schools
Thanks to our generous donors the Fairchild Challenge is able to offer free transportation to Title I schools visiting the Garden for Fairchild Challenge programming. Programming includes: weekday, evening and weekend Fairchild Challenge student workshops and Fairchild Challenge symposia. Please complete the transportation request form at least 2 weeks prior to the event date. Late requests may not be accommodated.
FAIRCHILD FIELD TRIP EXTENSION:
Bring your class on a virtual field trip at Fairchild. Please visit Explorer Field Trip Programs for more information.
EVALUATION CRITERIA:
For more information on how your submission will be evaluated, see Challenge 4 Evaluation Sheet
STATE ACADEMIC STANDARDS:
This Challenge meets various state standards, visit Challenge 4 Benchmarks
CHALLENGE RESOURCES:
Background information on Ethnobotany
Teach Ethnobotany (YouTube channel)
Background Information
Tasty: Mindy Kaling and Hawa Hassan Make Spicy Somali Pasta (video)
Native Dish: Nicaraguan Indio Viejo Stew – NYC Immigrant Cuisine: Javier Alvarez (video)
New York Botanical Garden. The Food Dialogues: Reclaiming Cultural Heritage Through Food.
– A Conversation with Carla Hall and Tonya Hopkins (video)
– A Conversation with Michael Twitty and JJ Johnson (video)
– A Conversation with Von Diaz and Maricel Presilla (video)
Al Jazeera English: How Does Immigrant Food Shape Identity? (video)
American Museum of Natural History. Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Cultures (educator guide and materials)
Food is Not Only Culture, It’s Diplomacy: Leah Selim at TEDxGowanus (video)
Additional Resources
Sample Interview Guide
APA and MLA Citation Generator
