Skills for a Healthy Future
Food literacy is the knowledge and understanding of how food choices impact our health, the environment, the community and our nation. We believe that if you teach kids to eat and enjoy real food early on they will be great eaters throughout life, and that good food = good thinking.
Below, you will find recipes for learning food skills, resources, activities, videos and more!
Food Literacy Resources
Highlight Food Literacy in Your School Newsletter
The following food literacy tips and tricks are designed for schools to easily add to their school newsletters. Please acknowledge Nourish Nova Scotia as your trusted source.
Healthy Snack Ideas for Special Events
Follow the link for healthy, fun snacks that are easy to make for any holiday celebrations such as classroom parties, breakfast programs or gatherings with friends and family.
Recipes for Learning
These recipes are perfect for cooking with limited space or appliances. Each of the nine recipes helps kids develop food skills and knowledge that will encourage them be life-long thoughtful eaters. Kids deserve to enjoy and value healthy foods. When we get them involved in the kitchen, we foster the connection between their food and their bodies.
Food Literacy Resources & Activities
From guides to making grocery shopping and cooking with kids a breeze, to fun activities and recipe books, these resources and activities are a great way to foster food literacy knowledge, attitude and skills by getting kids more involved in the kitchen.
Veggie & Fruit Puns
Use these files to create stickers, buttons, cards and even silk screening!
Cook Up Something Delicious
Slow Cooker & Sheet Pan Recipes
Build cooking skills by preparing one of our many delicious slow cooker or sheet pan recipes! Download the full recipe booklets below.
Literally Nutritious Cooking Videos
Follow along with these Slow Cooker cooking videos for step-by-step instructions.
Want to use these recipes for an upcoming cooking program in your school or community?
Contact us - we can help!
Devour! The Food Film Fest Curriculum Packages
Created in collaboration by Nourish and a talented HRCE teacher for Devour! The Food Film Fest, these curriculum packages will guide teachers and students to enrich their viewing experience of various educational films relating to food, among other topics. These resources are designed to help teachers frame discussions with their class with viewing activities for the film as well as assignments relating to the themes of the film that can be completed after viewing.
Curriculum guides are relevant to the following grades and subjects:
The Caretakers (Short): Science 6, Science 7, Science 10, Biology 11
In Love With a Problem (Short): Science 7, Science 10, Oceans 11, Biology 11
Transfarmation (Short): Science 7, Science 10
When the Swallows Fly Away (Short): Science 7
Meat the Future: Economics 11, Global Geography 12, IB Biology 12, Food Science 12
Toxic Puzzle: Science 10, Oceans 11, Food Science 12, Biology 12
The Magnitude of All Things: Science 10, Biology 11, Mi'kmaw Studies 11
Secret Path: Social Studies 7, Social Studies 8, Explore Music 8
Walking With Plants (Short): Science 7, Science 10, Mi'kmaw Studies 11, Visual Arts 11, Biology 11
Truth‘N’Food (Short): Science 7, Social Studies 7, Mi’kmaw Studies 11, Visual Arts 11, Biology 11, Oceans 11, Food Science 12
The Water Walker (Short): Science 7, Science 10, Mi'kmaw Studies 11, Visual Arts 11, Biology 11
Generation Greta: Citizenship 9, Science 10, Biology 11, Global Geography 12
Fish & Men: Oceans 11, Biology 11, Visual Arts 11, Mi'kmaw 11, Food Science 12
Share What You’re Doing
Whether it's kids in the kitchen, a family meal celebration or school activity — we'd love to see it!
It’s easy! Snap a picture of something cool you or someone you know is doing, write a few lines, and Nourish will turn it into a social media post, blog, or fun video to share with others!
