Classroom Cooking
Cooking with kids is a fantastic way to get students excited about healthy foods. Kids have the opportunity to try new foods, and create healthy meals with their peers while learning math and reading skills by following recipes and measuring ingredients. Kids also learn important life skills including food and knife safety, as well as how to make healthy food choices and read nutrition labels.
COOKING KITS
Partner Schools receive a complete cooking kit that includes cutting boards, knives, mixing bowls, measuring spoons, a salad spinner, graters, peelers, and other tools to prepare basic fresh-prep recipes right in the classroom. After a school completes the 3-year Edible Education Program, the Cooking Kit remains at the school for future use.
MONTHLY FARM BOXES |
STUDENT ACTIVITY BOOKLETS |
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Each month participating classrooms prepare a healthy recipe featuring locally grown, seasonal produce. La Semilla has designed 8 monthly recipes and works with La Semilla Community Farm and other local growers to help us deliver nutritious, delicious produce right to your classroom! |
New this year! Students in participating classrooms will receive our Edible Education Recipe and Activity booklet. The booklets center around our 8 monthly recipes with nutrition lessons, harvest guides, and veggie info sheets for each month. Bilingual copies are available upon request! |
SEED TO TABLE CELEBRATIONS
Seed to Table events are the culmination of the student’s experience in Edible Education. Students invite parents and family members to taste delicious dishes prepared with produce they have grown and harvested. These celebrations provide an opportunity for students to share their cooking and nutrition knowledge with their family and take Edible Education home. Returning schools have the option of holding two Seed to Table Celebrations each year. The first is either held in October or December depending on whether schools come back to a garden full of summer produce or come back and plant cool-weather crops in September. The second Seed to Table Celebration is held at the end of the school year. New partner schools hold one Seed to Table Celebration at the end of their first year.
HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
