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Introduction<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c1.3 billion tons of all food produced in the world is lost in the production cycle or wasted\u201d – <\/span>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The FAO mentions this staggering statistic, one that rarely\u00a0considered. With our project, we aim to lower make a difference with this stuatistic, where more food is used for human consumption over being thrown away due to spoilage. Over the past few weeks, our group has worked towards and gained more clarity regarding the goals of our project and the expectations through research and our community partner. As a group, this has enabled us to successfully complete our project proposal, an immense achievement for us. We look forward to moving onto the next step, where we begin with our research and data collection. Through this step, we will begin to formulate some of the answers to our inquiry questions as well as the some solutions to the overall purpose of our project: supplying low-cost, low-tech solutions to the Punjab region of Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our project proposal can be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Objectives & Achievements<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Week<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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Objectives<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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Achievements<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1<\/b><\/h5>\n
(January 16th – January 22nd)<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Start working on blog post number 1<\/span><\/h5>\n
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      Organize who will be working on what aspect of the blog post.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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      Contact our community partner to set up a meeting<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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      Research LET\u2019S and learn about their mission and aims<\/span><\/h5>\n
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        Brainstorm any questions we have about the community organization and project.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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        Propose the critical thinking questions.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    Had our first group meeting<\/span><\/h5>\n
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      Introduced ourselves and began assigning different roles to each group member.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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      In our group meeting we started a Facebook group in order to have a more efficient medium of contact.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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      We began brainstorming ideas about our group interests and what we wish to gain from in LFS 350.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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      Came up with questions we had regarding LET\u2019S and our community partner.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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      We emailed Saadan Sulehri to organize meeting in order to become more familiar with LET\u2019s as well as the specific outcomes and expectations of our projects.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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      Began research on our topic, starting with agricultural status, climate conditions, storage methods, government regulations, etc. for both Pakistan and Uganda. <\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2 <\/b><\/h5>\n
(January 23rd – January 29th)<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Meet with our community partner. <\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Edit first blog posting for submission.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    Our group met with Saadan Sulehri, our community partner, on January 23rd.<\/span><\/h5>\n
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      In this meeting we established the expectations for our project.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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      We narrowed down our focus from Pakistan and Uganda to the Punjab region of Pakistan. <\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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      We answered all lingering questions that were not answered from research. <\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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      Submitted first blog post on January 27th. <\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3 <\/b><\/h5>\n
(January 30th – February 5th)<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Revise first blog post. <\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Distribute roles for writing up the proposal.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Each group member finish Tutorial Course on Research Ethics.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    Submitted revised blog post.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Distributed roles for proposal and begin draft.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Submitted individual Tutorial Course on Research Ethics certificates on connect.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Completed first draft of proposal for revision.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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4 <\/b><\/h5>\n
(February 6th – February 12th)<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Get started on second blog post.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Amend any errors on proposal as per instructor feedback<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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    Alter proposal as per instructor suggestions.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Submit final draft.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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5<\/b><\/h5>\n
(February 13rd- February 19th)<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/td>\n
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    Finish second blog post draft.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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