The Food Project: Youth. Food. Community.

During our summer programs, we use a series of workshops to introduce youth participants and their youth leaders to the principles of sustainable agriculture and the food system.  Here is the eight-part series that we have developed through the years.
 
Workshop 1: Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (click here for PDF)
Introduction to sustainable agriculture principles and how they are used on the farm.
 
Workshop 2: Soil Sleuths (click here for PDF)
Participants gain an understanding of soil function, components, and its impact on sustainable farming
 
Workshop 3: Compost Happens (click here for PDF)
Compost 101: the importance, and how to create it
 
Workshop 4: Wayward Weeds (this curriculum is itself wayward, i.e. missing)
Introduction to weeds and weed management.
 
Workshop 5: Insects-ploration (click here for PDF)
Teaches about insects and their role in agriculture.
 
Workshop 6: Trace The French Fry (click here for PDF)
Learn about two types of food systems: global/industrial and local/sustainable.
 
Workshops 7-8: Food Systems Debate (click here for PDF)
Two-part series where participants prepare for, and then debate, the merits of different types of food systems.