Slow Food in Schools Projects

Slow Food in Schools supports local projects as they create meaningful relationships between young people and food. By placing an emphasis on hands-on experiences, community interaction, and the pleasures of the table, Slow Food in Schools projects help to strengthen the food communities of tomorrow by engaging youth today.

Each Slow Food in Schools project works closely with a local chapter to teach students where their food comes from, who grows it, how to prepare it, and the importance of sharing it with friends and family. Slow Food in Schools projects are designed to address the specific needs of the communities they serve. Using good, clean, and fair food as the guide, project leaders develop creative, fun, hands-on lessons.

Examples of some Slow Food in Schools project initiatives include:

A mobile healthy food cooking cart.

After-school farmer’s markets.

Farmer visits to the classroom.

Parent and child cooking classes.

Tracing foods from seed to plate by growing, harvesting, preparing and eating.

Reintroducing Native Foods to Reservation school children.

Visit the Slow Food in Schools Projects page for additional, detailed, project descriptions.

To learn more about Slow Food in Schools and how to start a project, explore the "Get Started" link to the right or contact your local Slow Food USA chapter.

Concerned about school food? Check out Slow Food USA's Time for Lunch Time for Lunch campaign. The site is packed with ideas and resources to help you make a difference in the upcoming reauthorization of the Chid Nutrition Act, and to involve young people in the process.