Our approach
Food waste is only the way in
Students handle what is usually thrown away, and come to see how food, land and community are linked.
Four principlesPRINCIPLES
01Hands-onCollecting, sorting, composting and growing: students do it all.
02Staying with the troubleWe don’t avoid the smell, the work, or the hard truths of local farming.
03Rooted in placeThe real history of the school’s neighbourhood and our partner farms is the material.
04The whole loopFrom growing to eating to waste, and back to the soil.
We start by designing together,and stop when teachers can carry it on.
Working with schoolsHOW WE WORK
- 01Co-designContent fitted to the school’s development plan, year groups and timetable.
- 02Teachers involvedTeachers co-teach with our facilitators.
- 03Measure the resultsPre- and post-surveys, student work and reflection logs.
- 04Teachers carry onAfter the programme, teachers can run it with our materials.
* Our programmes build on Prof. Daren Leung’s research on food waste and experiential learning.
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