Kyneton High students get to know their grower with Veg Action's support

Veg Action, in partnership with Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health recently won a Vic Health grant to support VCAL students in Kyneton High to get to know their local growers. The project kicks off in the new term and involves introducing VCAL students at Kyneton High School to their local food system through a mix of classroom learning and hands-on experiential learning. 

As part of the program, students will visit Metcalf-Mini Farm to explore organic farming methods, the seasons, the stages of planting through to harvest, seed saving, and seedlings. They'll help plant crops and take some seedlings back to school to plant in their school garden and have a second farm visit to assess progress and compare the vegetables grown in farm and school. 

In the classroom, they'll learn about local growers (using our online database of local growers) food systems, soil health and environmental issues arising from agriculture to help them make better food choices - including the importance of eating more vegetable proteins. 

Expert Eats will visit the school and teach the kids how to turn seasonal vegetables into delicious and nutritious meals and reduce food waste.

By connecting students with growers, producers, and distributors of food in the Macedon Ranges, and supporting them to learn skills to access and cook local, seasonal and highly nutritious food, we hope to support young people to reclaim local food systems for community resilience and environmental sustainability, and improve their health in the process.

Any questions get in touch with the team at Veg Action on veg@mrsg.og.au

If you want to find out about local growers in the Ranges - check out our interactive website on veg.mrsg.org.au