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 form positive food habits for life.
OUR ROLE
Supporting communities and educators across Australia to deliver pleasurable food education and kitchen garden programs for children and young people by providing inspiration, information, extensive resources, capability and professional development, a national community of practice, and ongoing support.
OUR APPROACH
Pleasurable food education
Pleasurable food education inspires children and young people to understand and connect with fresh, seasonal and delicious food through fun, hands-on learning. This approach empowers children and young people to develop practical skills, an appreciation of seasonal produce, and a positive, confident and healthy relationship with food – for life.
Linked to the Australian curriculum, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program supports cross-curriculum learning in STEM/STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics), along with cultural studies, health, and physical education.
The Kitchen Garden Program covers 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.
