Most core subjects are about what is possible in the world and give a great rounded understanding of different skills and disciplines available around our planet.
I think food awareness is essential for all young people.
In primary/elementary school, children should have exposure to planting, growing, harvesting, and cooking their own vegetable produce and meals.
In high school, students should be able to kill, prepare, and cook their own animal foodstuffs. Able to opt out of this of course.
Understanding whole foods, cultivation, and livestock for food, would go a long way towards educating people about what quality, healthful food is.
Most core subjects are about what is possible in the world and give a great rounded understanding of different skills and disciplines available around our planet.
I think food awareness is essential for all young people.
In primary/elementary school, children should have exposure to planting, growing, harvesting, and cooking their own vegetable produce and meals.
In high school, students should be able to kill, prepare, and cook their own animal foodstuffs. Able to opt out of this of course.
Understanding whole foods, cultivation, and livestock for food, would go a long way towards educating people about what quality, healthful food is.
…and that high fructose corn syrup is not food.
That’s a pretty unique answer. What do you think we cut from the curriculum to make room for this?
The ideal would be to use the kitchen-garden time as an example for other lesson concepts. eg.
Area of the garden plots, students measure the length x width, etc.
Volume, measure the amount of water used in a week to maintain the garden.
Vocabulary and spelling of associated horticultural words.
The animal preparation in high-school would be a one off excursion experience, rather than having pens in the school for daily maintenance.