Last Friday, a group of Year 9 students met with six other schools at Liverpool University for the launch of the Future Food Challenge, run by Farm Urban.

Farm Urban is based in Liverpool and is on a mission to transform our cities, towns and organisations into greener, healthier, more inclusive places.

The Future Food challenge asks students to create the idea for a business that promotes sustainable and healthier food options over twelve weeks, through the use of an Aquaponics system. Students are challenged to design a concept, vision and mission statement before under-taking market research and presenting a final pitch to a panel of judges.

Throughout the day, students attended workshops on key areas to consider, such as branding and graphics design and also met with experts in the fields of science, who were available to answer any questions the students had about careers in STEM.

We’ll keep you posted how they get on!