The end of Tasting Australia is looming and it’s been one of the best year’s yet.
One of the things we loved most about this year was the fantastic education food program for kids, called Taste Buds.
Sponsored by San Remo Macaroni Co and KR Castlemaine Fresh Pork and supported by the Bone Health Foundation, it’s designed to educate children in a fun and hands on way about healthy eating habits and also teaching children about where their food comes from.
The program aims to show kids that food doesn’t originate from the shops (or freezers!), and to educate our children and their palates. It’s about helping them to find a love for healthy food and cooking and also a love for getting out to the garden and gaining a satisfaction from growing their own fruit and vegetables.
The Taste Buds program has a great team of people hosting the sessions, including Sprout Cooking School, Sophie Thomson from ABC Gardening, Kirsty Shadiac from ArtVenture and Kate Hubmayer, Author of Nature Craft for Aussie Kid.
Sophie Thomson says “Many people believe that there is a direct link between kids spending 4.5-5 hours a day in front of a screen yet only 2 hours a day outside, with the scary fact that 25% of Australian kids are classified as obese or overweight and 14% of kids suffering from mental illnesses such as ADHD. The solution is to help kids replace screen time with outside or ‘Green’ time’. A great way to do this is to connect kids with gardening and in particular growing at least some of their own fruits and vegetables. This educates them about where their food comes from, how to make healthy food choices, and when they do grow something edible in the backyard, food miles can become food metres.”
TASTE BUDS will run 3 different classes over 3 days.
Dates: Sunday 30th April 2017, Saturday 6th May 2017 & Sunday 7th May 2017
Location Glasshouse/ Town Square Victoria Square Adelaide SA 5000
Session Times – 40 minutes per session: 11.00am 12.30pm 2.00pm 3.30pm
Age: 8-12 years
Session to include: • Fruit, vegetable and plant recognition • Understanding the food source – gardening, farming, chickens, milking • Food art – creating works of art based around food and plants • ‘Taste Buds’ session will focus on participation, education and engaging with the grassroots involving producers and farmers.
‘TASTE BUDS’ Food Facts – Sunday 30th April 2017
Do you know where your food comes from? Do you know your fruit from your vegetables? How does a brussel sprout grow? Callum Hann & Themis Chryssidis from Sprout Cooking School will answer all your children’s questions about food and lead them on a food fact journey. Callum and Themis will walk the kids around the garden beds to collect their ingredients and then they will create a delicious, nutritious recipe to munch on. This session is filled with fun food facts and delicious treats. Recipe will be included in their take home goody bag. Sessions 40 minutes
‘TASTE BUDS’ Food Art – Saturday 6th of May
Do you love to paint and do you love to create? Do you like playing with your food? Well this session is for you! Come along to paint and create with food while learning about our food source. Be guided by local artists Kirsty Shadiac from ArtVenture and Kate Hubmayer, Author of Nature Craft for Aussie Kids. During the sessions each child will have the opportunity to work with the artist to paint and create a food craft masterpiece. Be guided by the artist, to work your magic with your paintbrush to decorate Picasso the life size cow as well as creating an art piece using pasta, beans, pulses, seeds and other bits and pieces. Every child will take home a goody bag. Sessions 40 minutes
‘TASTE BUDS’ Plant a Pizza – Sunday 7th May 2017
We need kids who love pizza. We need kids who love to grow food. We need kids who love to eat. If you are one of these kids then come along and be part of our Plant a Pizza day. Not only will the children learn what to plant in a pizza garden, they will be able to harvest their own fresh seasonal vegetables and herbs and then make their very own wood-fired pizza. ABC Television Gardening Australia presenter Sophie Thomson will show the children what it takes to grow a pizza garden and how to harvest fresh ingredients. Every Child will take home a goody bag. Sessions 40 mins
Book tickets or find out more info at http://tastingaustralia.com.au/event-calendar
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