Growing Food Schools Workshops

Farm to Fork Workshop

Healthy Choices for a Healthy Planet: Food Miles, Growing and Sustainability

The workshop starts with a fun, interactive geography quiz that tests pupils’ knowledge as they discover how far different foods travel from farm to plate. Working together, they explore where different fruits and vegetables come from and follow the journey their food takes.

Pupils look at each stage of the process and the energy and resources used along the way, from growing and harvesting to transport, packaging and getting food onto our plates. They also learn about the benefits of fresh and seasonal produce, and how food miles, packaging and food waste can affect the environment.

Using food labels, pupils discover how to make informed choices about seasonal produce and consider how far their food has travelled before reaching their plate.

The workshop supports the UK National Curriculum across Science, Geography, Design & Technology and PSHE. Pupils explore where food comes from, how plants grow and develop an understanding of the journey food takes from farm to plate.

The learning is brought together through a hands-on growing activity, where pupils get the chance to experience the joy of growing their own food. They will plant their own microgreens and be shown how to make a recycled watering can, to help them care for and water their seedlings. Microgreens can be sown and harvested throughout the year, giving pupils access to fresh, nutritious food. Pupils are encouraged to look after their seedlings, enjoy them growing and continue growing more food, helping them develop an ongoing interest in growing their own fresh produce. This gives pupils a practical experience of growing their own food and understanding how simple choices can make a difference to both their health and the planet.

Workshop Details

  • Duration: 30–60 minutes
  • Suitable for groups of up to 35 or 70 pupils
  • Supports KS1 and KS2 Science, Geography, PSHE and Design & Technology
  • Interactive exploration of food journeys, food miles and sustainability
  • Demonstration of how to make a recycled watering can
  • Encourages healthy eating, environmental awareness and responsibility
  • Each pupil takes home a punnet of  microgreens to enjoy

This workshop is also available as an online option. Please get in touch for further details.

For Early Years pupils, the session is adapted to focus on sensory exploration, communication and language development, and fine motor skills. Children engage with colourful recycled materials and take part in simplified planting activities within a shorter 30-minute session.

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Perfect for Curriculum Enrichment and Themed School Events

The Farm to Fork – Food Miles & Growing Microgreens Workshop supports a wide range of curriculum objectives while giving pupils a practical, memorable and hands-on learning experience.

📚 Curriculum Subjects Covered

🌱 Seasonal Food
🌱 Growing from Seed
🚜 Farm to Fork
🌍 Food Miles
🥗 Healthy Eating & Wellbeing
🌿 Caring for Plants
♻️ Composting
📦 Reducing Packaging Waste
🌎 Sustainability
🔬 STEM
🧪 Science
🗺️ Geography
🍎 Design & Technology (Food)
💚 PSHE
🤝 Citizenship
🌍 Inclusion & Participation

Ideal for School Enrichment Days

This workshop is perfect for:

🌱 Eco Days
⭐ WOW Days
🌍 Sustainability Week
🔬 British Science Week (5–14 March)
♻️ Global Recycling Day (18 March)
💧 World Water Day (22 March)
🌎 Earth Day (22 April)
🐝 World Bee Day (20 May)
🌿 Outdoor Classroom Day (usually May – annual date varies)
🌍 Great Big Green Week (usually early June – annual dates vary)
🌱 World Environment Day (5 June)
🏫 School Sustainability Day (5 June)
🐠 World Oceans Day (8 June)
🌬️ Clean Air Day (usually the third Thursday in June)

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