Training on the Sustainable Schools methodology begins for Saint Kitts and Nevis
Virtual course focused on school gardens aims at 50 professionals linked to the school feeding programme Brasília, Brazil, September 12, 2024 – On September 10, the ‘School Gardens Course: Implementing the Sustainable Schools Methodology’ started in Saint Kitts and Nevis. This training is an initiative of Brazil-FAO International Cooperation on school feeding and the Sustainable […]
Joint publication on school gardens gathers experiences from six countries
The document was prepared by FNDE, the WFP Center of Excellence against Hunger in Brazil, FAO, and ABC; the publication is available in this post. Brasília, Brazil, July 9, 2024 – Demonstrating how school gardens can contribute to the improvement of school feeding programmes across different continents and identifying best practices in management, design, and […]
Teacher helps to form new eating habits for life with food and nutrition education practices in indigenous community
In an Asháninka indigenous community in Peru, Nolberto Castañeda plants the seeds of change in his reality Paulo Beraldo For teacher Nolberto Castañeda, there is no doubt that the school should be the center of development for a community. It should support the children and young people who study there, help improve their eating habits, […]
Take part in the new global publication on pedagogical school gardens
Coordinated by ABC, FAO, through the project Regional Agenda for Sustainable School Feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and the Executive Secretariat of RAES, together with WFP (Center of Excellence Against Hunger in Brazil) and FNDE, a publication will be produced on pedagogical school gardens linked to school feeding programmes, presenting experiences from […]
Implementation of the School Feeding Program: Sustainable Schools Model in the canton of Portoviejo.
Background Since April 2020, children and adolescents of school age in Ecuador are covered by the Organic Law on School Feeding (LOAE by its Spanish acronym). The LOAE guarantees their right to food and nutrition in a sustainable manner, through the inclusion of natural, fresh and varied food, considering the interculturality of the student population, […]
School garden, from the vase to the orchard, an intersectoral experience in promoting healthy eating – Porto Alegre, South of Brazil
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil South Region Background Porto Alegre is the second Brazilian capital with the highest number of overweight people, the capital with the highest weekly consumption of soft drinks and ultra-processed foods and the capital with the most diagnoses of diabetes. On the other hand, it is a reference in […]
