Free for classrooms
For educators · K–12

A free curriculum for teaching the food system.

Fifteen peer-reviewed lessons across two grade bands — designed by classroom teachers, grounded in food justice, soil health, and civic action. Free to download. Built to remix.

15
Lessons
2
Grade bands
8 · 12
Hours per lesson
1,840
Educators
Track 02 · Ages 11–14

Middle school lessons.

Seven lessons that take students from a single ingredient to the global food system — investigation, data, and a culminating action project.

1
Investigation

The Story of Food

2
Place-based

Seasonal, Local Food

3
Culture

Food Traditions

4
Data

Food Data Talks

5
Profile

Know Your Farmer

6
Simulation

Regenerative Food Challenge

7
Action

Food System Action Projects

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Coming Fall 2026
Climate & Carbon
Spotlight · student project

A 7th-grade class in Oakland mapped every grocery store within 2 miles.

What they found ended up in front of the city council. Read how Ms. Vega’s class used the Food Access lesson to start a year-long food-justice campaign.

Track 01 · Ages 7–10

Elementary lessons.

Eight playful, hands-on lessons rooted in story and observation — from family memory work to a classroom Food System Expo.

All elementary →
1
Story

The Story of Food

2
Seasons

Seasonal, Local Food

3
Culture

Food Traditions

4
Audit

Food Waste

5
Equity

Food Access

6
Choice

Food and Farming

7
Data

Food Data

8
Celebration

Food System Expo

For teachers

Built with educators. Free to adapt.

Teacher guides

Full lesson plans.

Timing, materials lists, discussion prompts, and adaptation notes for different classroom contexts.

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Standards map

Mapped to NGSS, Common Core, C3.

Every lesson aligned to current K-12 standards across science, ELA, and social studies.

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Community

1,800 teachers, one Slack.

Quarterly virtual gatherings, regional in-person workshops, and an active shared Slack of educators using the curriculum.

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Educator newsletter

A monthly note for teachers of the food system.

New lesson releases, classroom-tested ideas from other educators, and the curriculum’s development roadmap.