Our short term goal

• To continue to support the 27 Kitchen Garden Schools across Victoria



• To provide a Kitchen Garden model that can be replicated in all interested schools
  
  
• To establish a National Kitchen Garden Program, commencing 2008, across 190 schools Australia wide

Our long term goal

• To see the Kitchen Garden model and approach to pleasurable food education integrated into the primary school curriculum across Australia.

Our values

• We believe that the best way to encourage children to choose food that is healthy is to engage them in fun, hands-on experiences in growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing such food from the earliest possible age.



• We believe that no-one embraces change in their behaviour if they think it will be unpleasant, uncomfortable or too difficult. Cautionary messages that food is 'good-for-you' or 'bad-for-you' do not resonate with young people.



• We believe that children are more likely to experiment with foods they have grown or prepared themselves.



• We believe that life-long eating habits are developed early.



• We believe that children need positive models in their lives to reinforce that eating with others is a joyful activity, and one that they can enjoy as long as they live.



• We believe that many young children do not receive such positive experiences at home, and therefore schools should consider including rich and interdisciplinary programmes that will fill this gap, as well as giving practical skills that will enable young people to take more responsibility for their own physical well-being.



• We believe that the causes of obesity are complex and there is not one single solution, but we also believe that children who are encouraged to take a broad and active interest in food and the table from a very young age, are rarely obese.