The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is a not-for-profit charity that provides educational resources, training, support and inspiration to deliver pleasurable food education to Australian children and young people.
The Foundation was established by Stephanie Alexander AO in 2004, in response to the overwhelming interest in and success of the first Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program pilot at Collingwood College, Melbourne, from 2001.
OUR VISION
Healthy children and young people living in sustainable communities across Australia.
OUR PURPOSE
Enabling children and young people to formpositive food habits for life.
OUR ROLE
Supporting communities and educators across Australia to deliver pleasurable food educationand kitchen garden programs for childrenand young people by providing inspiration,information, extensive resources, capabilityand professional development, a nationalcommunity of practice, and ongoing support.
OUR APPROACH
Pleasurable food education
Pleasurable food education inspires children and young people to understand and connect withfresh, seasonal and delicious food through fun, hands-on learning. This approach empowerschildren and young people to develop practical skills, an appreciation of seasonal produce, anda positive, confident and healthy relationship with food – for life.
Linked to the Australian curriculum, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program supports cross-curriculum learning inSTEM/STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics), along withcultural studies, health, and physical education.
The Kitchen Garden Program overs the continuum of education from early learning through to primary and secondary schools, and is now delivered in over 1,000 settings across Australia, teaching students the joys of growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing fresh, seasonal, delicious food.
