Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden FoundationRegistered

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is established for the sole charitable purpose of the advancement of health by encouraging young people to develop positive lifelong food behaviours contributing to the prevention of childhood obesity; and contributing to the healthy development and wellbeing of young people through pleasurable food education, kitchen garden programs and community projects. Pleasurable food education inspires children and young people to understand and connect with fresh, delicious food through fun, handson 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. The Kitchen Garden Program teaches children the cycle of growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing fresh, seasonal, delicious food. We inspire and educate the educators, enabling primary and secondary schools and early childhood services across Australia to adapt the Program to their context. It s positive and preventative, with proven impact beyond the school or service gate to families and communities. Operating in over 1,000 schools and settings nationally, the Program has impacted over 1 million children and young people. Research demonstrates it s effective in improving food literacy and skills, strengthening health and wellbeing, building individual and community capacity and resilience through hands on teaching of cooking and gardening skills. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation also works alongside community partners to address local health priorities for children and young people. We develop and implement customized, placebased projects driven by fresh, seasonal, delicious food. We draw on over 20 years of deep expertise of delivering the Kitchen Garden Program to support our partners to achieve the changes they can and want to see in the places where children and young people spend their time.