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What are seeds?Every plant, bush or tree, whether a fruit, vegetable or herb is amazing. Learn how to grow your own by starting with seeds.

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KNOWLEDGEWhat is a seed?

A seed is a bundle of energy, ripe to burst into anything from the smallest plant (a duckweed the size of a grain of rice) to the world’s largest (the Giant Sequoia know to grow up to 90m tall and 9m in diameter - that’s nearly as tall as Big Ben!).

Learn about seeds

Draw and label all the parts of a seed and learn about what each part does and what conditions it needs to grow: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/biology/world_of_plants/growing_plants/revision/2/

Plant a seed and watch it grow

Put a bean seed on a ball of wet cotton wool inside a glass jar. Keep it in a dark place until you see the first leaves unfurl then give it plenty of light to grow. You will notice the healthy root growth and how quick the plant grows. Perhaps compare the difference between a bean left with only water added to another with some liquid plant nutrients added.

Growing from seed

For advice on growing seeds see page 9 and download Garden Organic’s activity sheets for schools: Sowing seeds (A18), Thinning seedlings (A20), Potting on seedlings (A21), Seeds and young plants (poster) www.gardenorganic.org.uk/schools

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Where to get your seedIt is possible to buy seeds for unusual plants, but it’s far more fun to source your own, and learn and experiment at the same time! Here’s how:

Visit your local greengrocer · Take a class of pupils on a shopping trip to your local greengrocer - In multicultural areas

of London, many sell fantastic fruit and vegetables from around the world that are much harder to find in supermarkets.

· Invite your pupils’ parents to come along - to help you to learn the names of new and interesting food, and share their knowledge of international cuisine.

· Buy some unusual fruit and vegetables and save the seeds - Many seeds can be found in the fruit and vegetables that a greengrocer sells. For example, dudi, squashes and chillis can all be cut open and the seeds inside germinated. If you can’t find fresh produce, shop bought seed such as coriander and fenugreek can be sown.

· Experiment with growing plant material - for example lemongrass and ginger you buy in the shop can be planted.

Talk to your parents - find out if they are growing anything unusual at home or on an allotment. Ask them to share their knowledge and any spare seeds or plants with your school.

Visit local allotments or community gardens. They may have seeds which they will donate to your school project and have the expertise to help you grow them!

Save your own seed – For full seed saving guidelines, please visit Garden Organic’s seed saving section on their website: www.gardenorganic.org.uk/seed-saving-guidelines?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5J_wnrLm1gIVhLDtCh2XUAtZEAAYASAAEgJ8dPD_BwE Coriander seed P

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Seed savingThe importance of seed savingIn days gone by seed saving was an important and essential part of growing food, ensuring you could grow varieties of your favourite fruit, vegetables and herbs each year – for free! Nowadays, we can buy seeds more easily in the shops, but some of the old (heritage) and unusual varieties (often from around the world) are now in desperate decline because they have not been saved.

The benefits of you seed saving · It’s easy, fun and a great source of learning! – experiment.

· It’s free – seed saving provides you with a ready supply of seeds which you can share with other schools.

· It offers you choice and variety – save seeds from your favourite unusual fruit and vegetables.

· Growing becomes easier each year – as unusual varieties gradually become more acclimatised to your local growing conditions.

So, at the end of the growing season don’t forget to save some of the seeds from the plants you have grown!

For more seed saving tips…Read these fantastic Garden Organic resources:

Seed saving guidelines: http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/seed-saving-guidelines

Booklet: Seed saving in schools: http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/resources/fflp/Seed-Saving-in-Schools.pdf

ACTIVITY:

Learn to seed saveWhat you need

1. Some very ripe tomatoes – 1 per pupil 2. Paper or kitchen towel 3. A sharp knife – adult supervision required.

Method

· Cut the tomatoes in half. One tomato per pupil.

· Spread a paper towel out.

· Squeeze out the inside of the tomato, and collect the seeds in one pile. You may need to use water to wash off thicker pulp.

· Now, spread the seeds across the paper towel to dry. Make a pattern or write your name with the seeds.

· Write the pupils name, date and the type of seeds with a pen in one corner of the paper towel.

· Leave to dry.

· Store the seeds in a cool, dry place until they are ready to be germinated.

· To germinate fill a seed tray with compost, lay the paper towel on top and cover with 1cm of soil. Water and put in a warm environment.

· Water and put in a warm environment.

· Check every day to see if the seeds have started to grow.

· Watch the pupils name or pattern grow in seedlings!!

Save extra seeds in a dry, paper envelope not a glass or plastic container, as they can remain moist and rot.

Easy. Now try the same method for saving seeds from unusual fruit and vegetables!

Sowing New Seeds – A guide to growing unusual crops in the UK

This handy 46-page guide contains information about growing 25 different types of unusual crops, originating from the Indian subcontinent, East Asia, the Caribbean and Africa. Sowing New Seeds is a Garden Organic project that enables allotment holders, schools and community groups in the Midlands to grow exotic crops not traditionally grown in the UK.

Available to buy from Garden Organic. Contact: [email protected]

Sowing New Seeds

A guide to growing unusual crops in the UK


Finding seedsIf all else fails there are numerous seed companies who are now supplying a wide variety of unusual fruit and vegetable seeds. Some of these include:

Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library (HSL) www.gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl

They have a collection of unusual fruit and vegetable seeds saved during the Sowing New Seeds project (www.sowingnewseeds.org.uk) - available to members of the HSL.

Other resources:The Organic Gardening Catalogue: www.OrganicCatalogue.com The Real Seed Catalogue: www.realseeds.co.uk Chiltern Seeds: www.chilternseeds.co.uk

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Cut out each handy section of information and stick to your seed packets!

The Heritage Seed Library aims to conserve vegetable varieties that are not widely available. Each year, approximately 150 varieties within the collection are chosen for inclusion in the Heritage Seed Library Seed Catalogue. Subscribing HSL members receive the catalogue annually in December, from which they can choose six free packets of seeds. The collection consists of mainly European varieties, including heirloom varieties that have been saved over many generations and varieties that have been dropped from popular seed catalogues over the past decade. Many of the varieties in the collection have been saved in the gardens by the HSL members, and donated back to the library. A wonderful community of seeds-savers!

A very popular South American potato-like crop also used in New Zealand. Grown in Europe since the 1600’s.

Background: Oca (Oxalis tuberosa) originated in the Andean Highlands, and was taken to other parts of the world in the 19th century as an alternative to the potato. It is now quite commonly grown in New Zealand but has never really become popular in Europe. It is a frost sensitive tuber crop and the foliage provides good ground cover. Oca tends to have a slightly tangy lemon taste - the flesh is firm but juicy and crisp when eaten raw but becoming more starchy if well cooked. The tubers vary in colour.


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Unusual crops to grow


OcaLatin name: Oxalis tuberosa

Origin: South America (Andes)

Plant family: Oxilidaceae (treat like a potato. related to plants such as Wood sorrel)

A very popular South American potato-like crop also used in New Zealand. Grown in Europe since the 1600’s.Learning activity: investigate · Investigate why, in modern times, we eat

potatoes and rarely oca · Research why being dependant on potatoes

was a reason for the Irish Potato famine · Discover how plants overwinter in a tuber. Store

in a cool but frost-free place.

Growing instructions · Can be grown in a similar way to potatoes. · Tubers bought from greengrocers will generally

produce excellent crops. · Plant the tubers after risk of frost has passed. · Plant 30cm apart, as the plants produce a lot of

foliage. · Water well during any spells of dry weather. · Only harvest after frost has killed off the foliage

as the tubers only develop when day length shortens.

· Leave Oca until late October as they develop their tubers very late in the season.

Growing instructionshttp://www.foodgrowingschools.org/events/world/ http://oca-testbed.blogspot.co.ukCulinary usesCook oca like you would a potato and compare the taste, texture and smell. It can be used in stews. See website for Causa a la Oca.

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CallalooLatin name: Amaranthus tricolor

Origin: South East Asia

Plant family: Amaranthaceae (Similar to spinach but treat as a Brassica in a rotation)

There are many Amaranths which have edible leaves and seeds grown in the UK. Easy to grow from seed and very quick to germinate, so if started indoors make sure they have plenty of light. Leaves can be cooked just like spinach and is now used as part of many West Indian recipes.

Learning activity: investigateAmaranth plants are very diverse in types and usage. explore other common plants, and their edible, ornamental and medicinal uses

Growing instructions · Sow seeds in a warm soil or a little earlier in

modules. · Plant 30cm apart and in full sun · They grow quickly and within weeks should

have produced a small forest of plants. · Water regularly. · Harvest leaves as and when required.

Growing instructions card

www.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/sns/factsheets/FactsheetAmaranthus.pdf

Culinary uses · Compare the taste, texture and use of callaloo

with spinach · Try both very young leaves and older leaves for

taste and texture

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ChickpeasLatin name: Cicer arietinum

Origin: Middle East

Plant family: Fabaceae (treat as peas and beans)

A plant cultivated for over 4000 years or more used to a warm Mediterranean climate. Use seeds sold for sprouting, as they should germinate quickly and will not be treated with pesticides. This is a useful crop as it is a legume and ’fixes’ nitrogen in the soil, which is useful to future crops grown on the same site.Learning activity: investigateInvestigate how plants ‘fix’ atmospheric nitrogen. Set up a growing experiment. Compare how well a different crop grows in the same soil after chickpeas, compared to another area of soilGrowing instructions* · Treat like a pea crop and grow in a warm and sunny

position. · Chickpeas can be grown directly outdoors sown in

a shallow drill 10cm apart. · Protect the seeds and young plants from birds and

mice.Growing instructions cardwww.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/sns/factsheets/FactsheetChickpes.pdfChickpeas and quinoa have similar growing instructions.Culinary usesMake your own houmous - a dip made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic. From the Middle East and North Africa, but it is now popular throughout the world. Chickpeas can also be used to make flour, called gram flour.

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CorianderLatin name: Coriandrum sativum

Origin: Southern Europe and North Africa

Plant family: Apiaceae (herb)

A herb which is quite hardy and will grow slowly through the winter, under cover, when sown in early September. Sometimes used as a companion plant when growing carrots to repel aphids and carrot root fly.Learning activity: investigate · Investigate the use of herbs in cooking,

medicine and cosmetics. · Coriander flowers are very beneficial to insects

such as hoverflies. Look at food chains and how hoverfly larvae help keep pests such as aphids out of the garden.

Growing instructions* · Sow fresh seeds in well drained, fertile soils in

drills. · Germination can take 2-3 weeks. An early or

late sowing often produces more leaf growth, because in the middle of summer the plants often ‘bolt’ (run to seed).

· Leaves will be ready to harvest within 4-6 weeksGrowing instructions cardwww.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/sns/factsheets/FactsheetCoriander.pdf

Culinary usesCoriander is used in many recipes both as seeds and leaves all around the world, from curries to salads and stir-fry to soups. Create your own recipe book for coriander or another plant of your choice. Invite parents and local restaurants to ‘donate’ some recipes to this.

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Fenugreek

(a.k.a ‘methi’)Latin name: Trigonella foenum-graecum

Origin: Middle East

Plant family: Fabaceae (pea and bean family)

Fenugreek has a multitude of culinary uses and the plant can be sown as a ‘green manure’ to improve the soil.

Learning activity: investigate · Explore seed germination by growing fenugreek for

edible beansprouts. Use seed suitable for sprouting or culinary use (packets of seed spice are fine).Soak 1 tbsp seeds overnight, rinse well then leave damp seeds in a large jam jar, rinsing twice a day. The sprouts will be ready in three or four days.

· Explore how plants of the bean family can improve the soil by fixing nitrogen. Once fenugreek plants are well-established, carefully dig one up and look for tiny pink coloured nodules on the roots, an indicator that the plant is fixing nitrogen in the soil.

Growing instructions · Choose a well-drained, sunny spot. Sow seeds

between April and August in 0.5cm deep drills, 20 cm apart, with 5cm between rows.

· Germination will normally take place within a week. The plant grows rapidly and will compete against most weeds.

· Leaves will be ready to harvest about 6 weeks after sowing. The quality of the leaves will decline once flower buds start to appear so try and harvest before then.

· Alternatively, grow as beansprouts (see above)Growing instructions cardwww.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/sns/factsheets/FactsheetFenugreek.pdf

Culinary uses · Use fenugreek in methi pancakes · Fresh leaves can be cooked or steamed like spinach · Use seeds as a spice in curry dishes

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LemongrassLatin name: Cybopogon citratus

Origin: South East Asia

Plant family: Graminae (part of the grass family)

A tropical grass which can be grown from seed or by planting fresh stems from a Chinese or Indian supermarket. Can be grown in a pot and brought indoors in cold weather or left in a greenhouse. Makes a wonderful tea and a useful repellent to head lice!Learning activity: investigateLemongrass has many medicinal properties. Investigate how plants have been used as natural medicines in many culturesGrowing instructions · Can be grown from seed but easier to grow from

(culms) stems sold in shops.

· Buy a fresh bunch from a Chinese, Caribbean or Indian supermarket.

· Slice a small piece from the end of a stem and place in compost.

· Keep warm and roots should start to develop within 3 weeks.

Growing instructions cardwww.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/sns/factsheets/FactsheetLemongrass.pdf

Culinary uses · Make your own lemongrass tea bags to sell · Make your own Thai style paste with ginger, garlic

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Yard Long BeansLatin name: Vigna sesquipedalis

Origin: East Asia (China)

Plant family: Fabaceae (treat as peas and beans)

A great alternative to the runner bean - very similar to grow but it does need a warm, sheltered position in the garden or even a greenhouse. Originally a dry season tropical crop. Its Latin name means ‘a foot and a half’, the length a pod normally grows!Learning activity: investigate · Experiment with different types of supports. · Run a competition for the most unusual (but

practical) support for the beans to grow up!Growing instructions · Treat like a runner bean, but one that needs a

very warm, sheltered and sunny position. Start in pots. Plant out after frosts.

· They are used to growing in dry conditions so do not need overwatering.

· Pick young regularly to avoid them getting tough.

· Provide strong structures to grow up. Growing instructions cardwww.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/sns/factsheets/FactsheetYardLongBeans.pdfCulinary usesOften used in stir fries in recipes for Asia, Africa, America and Europe.



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Serves: 4 people

Time: 30-40 minutes

Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients · 320g chicken breast

· 3 tbsp mayonnaise

· 1 small avocado, mashed

· 1 small red onion, finely diced

· 1 tbsp olive oil

· 1 limo chilli, finely chopped (optional)

· 1 tbsp chilli sauce (such as Peruvian Kitchen amarillochilli sauce)

· 300g oca, mashed

· Half bunch of coriander (approximately 30g)

· 20g cooked green peas

· 1 lime

Equipment list · Chopping board

· Kitchen knife

· Tablespoon

· Fork

· 2 x medium sized saucepan

· 1 x small saucepan

· Measuring scales

· Blender

· 2 x mixing bowls

· Kitchen ring/circular cookie cutter


How to: Cook Around the WorldOnce you’ve harvested your veggies it’s time to get cooking! Grow Around the World in school cooking lessons by using world vegetables to explore where food comes from. Here a selection of tasty recipes for you to try cooking at school:

Causa a la Oca – Peru If your school is growing oca this year (see separate growing instructions) try this delicious recipe from Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen in London http://cevicheuk.com

Method

1. Boil the chicken breast in a medium sized saucepan with water and salt. Meanwhile, in a separate medium sized pan, place the oca in boiling water and cook on a steady heat for 10-15 minutes until cooked. In a small pan, cook green peas for 2-3 minutes in boiling water

2. Once chicken is well-cooked, leave apart to cool down and shred into small pieces

3. Put the coriander, peas and a tablespoon of water into a blender until a puree is formed. Place the puree in a bowl, add the ambient-temperature oca mash, salt, amarillochilli sauce, olive oil and mix together

4. Divide the oca mash mixture into four parts and with a kitchen ring create four oca cakes

5. Place the chilli and red onion in a bowl. Add the shredded chicken, season with salt, black pepper, lime juice and mayonnaise and mix all ingredients together

6. Place the four oca cakes onto a big plate, top with a layer of mashed avocado and then a layer of the chicken mixture

For more information on Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen, visit: Ceviche: http://cevicheuk.com/

Ceviche TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/CevicheUK

Andina restaurant: http://andinalondon.com/home

Growing oca

For instructions on growing your own oca visit: www.foodgrowingschools.org/get_involved/schools_experiments

Onions, chilli and green peas can also be grown in your school garden: www.gardenorganic.org.uk/growyourown

Makes: 8-10 pancakes

Time: 15-20 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients · ½ bunch (approx 50g) fresh fenugreek leaves

· 125g chapatti flour – if you can’t get this, use equal parts of wholemeal and plain flour

· 60g yellow cornflour

· 1 ½ tablespoons plain yoghurt

· 1 teaspoon crushed green chillis (optional)

· Half teaspoon each of grated ginger, crushed garlic, turmeric, sugar

· Pinch of salt

· 2 glasses (approx 400ml) water

· ½ tablespoon cooking oil for rubbing into the flour and extra for frying them

Equipment list · Mixing bowl

· Wooden spoon

· Measuring jug/glass

· Grater

· Shallow frying pan or pancake pan

· Ladle

· Spatula or knife

· Clean tea towel

· Tablespoon

· Teaspoon


How to: Cook Around the World

Fenugreek (methi) pancakes – IndiaDelicious on their own or served as a side dish for mopping up a curry, these travel and re-heat well and can be eaten as a handy snack!

Method

1. Mix the chapatti flour and the cornflour with the spices, salt, sugar, oil and yoghurt

2. Add the water and stir well until all the lumps have disappeared. It should make a smooth runny batter

3. Heat the oil until just smoking, then ladle small portions of the batter into the centre of the pan, allowing it to spread into a small pancake shape

4. Cook for 2 minutes on each side, turning with a spatula or knife, until golden brown. Keep warm, wrapped in a clean tea towel while you cook the rest. Eat warm or cold

Recipe courtesy of ‘Sowing New Seeds: A guide to growing unusual crops in the UK’ by Garden Organic.

For instructions on growing fenugreek visit:

www.sowingnewseeds.org.uk


Serves: 4 people, as a big bowl of dip

Time: 10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients · 2 x 400g cans of chickpeas (reserve a few

chickpeas for decoration)

· 4 tsp tahini

· 2 garlic cloves, chopped finely

· 1 tsp crushed sea salt

· 6 tbsp quality extra virgin olive oil (plus extra for drizzling)

· 3½ tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

· Paprika (optional)

· Coriander or parsley leaves (optional)

Equipment list · Tin opener

· Plastic bowl

· Wooden spoon

· Sharp Knife

· Fork (or blender)

· Chopping board

· Teaspoon

· Tablespoon


How to make home-made houmousA fantastic middle eastern dip, popular in Lebanese cuisine. Houmous can be eaten with carrot and cucumber sticks, or with pitta bread.

Method

1. Rinse chickpeas under water and drain. Mash with a fork or in a blender.

2. Chop garlic finely on a chopping board.

3. Mix chickpeas, garlic, tahini, lemon juice and olive oil in a bowl.

4. Add salt and stir into a smooth paste.

5. Serve in a small bowl.

6. Sprinkle paprika, coriander or parsley on top to taste.

Growing chickpeas

For instructions on growing your own chickpeas, visit the ‘Sowing New Seeds’ website by Garden Organic:

www.sowingnewseeds.org.uk

Gram flour

Gram flour is easy to make from dried chickpeas. Just put them in a food processor and grind to a fine flour. This can be used to make vegetable samosas, pakoras, onion bhajiis or chick pea flour pancakes.


Serves: 2-3 people

Time: 40 minutes

Difficulty: Easy/medium

Ingredients · 1 pizza base

· 200g tomato puree

· Handful of cherry tomatoes, halved

· 1 red pepper

· 1 yellow pepper

· 25g mozzarella, torn into pieces

· 1 garlic clove, finely chopped

· 1 tsp olive oil

Equipment list · Chopping board

· Kitchen knife

· Large baking tray

· Spoon

Instructions on making your own pizza base…

http://www.littletrekkers.co.uk/fun-stuff-to-do-and-download/cookbook/item/quick-and-easy-pizza-dough.html


Themed meal gardensThink of your favourite meal as a class and create a themed garden patch! Try:

A circular Italian pizza garden

Create sections for growing ingredients like onions, garlic, tomatoes, sweet peppers, sweet corn, oregano, basil and thyme. Get help from the RHS Campaign for School Gardening factsheets https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/resources

Healthy pizza recipe by Charlton Manor School, Greenwich

Courtesy of ‘The Charlton Manor Healthy Cookbook’:

Method

1. Spread the tomato puree over the base to within 2cm of the edges using a spoon

2. Slice cherry tomatoes and peppers and arrange them on top, then scatter with mozzarella

3. Scatter the garlic over the top. Drizzle evenly with olive oil

4. Heat oven to Gas 4 / 240 C

5. Bake pizza for 10-12 minutes until crisp and golden around the edges

6. If you are growing herbs in your school such as oregano or basil, use these on your pizzas too!

Growing ingredients

For instructions on growing your own ingredients such as own peppers, garlic, and tomatoes visit: www.gardenorganic.org.uk/growyourown

A triangular samosa garden

To make samosas grow vegetables and spices like: garlic, onion, potato, peas, coriander, chilli pepper and mustard for the filling, and grow chickpeas to make gram flour.

Picture Credit: Healthy Cookbook – Charlton Manor School

‘From Wheat to Chapatti’ Falconbrook Primary School, Battersea

Falconbrook School in Battersea grew and processed their own wheat and made it into chapattis. They cut their wheat with secateurs and then used a funnel, a sieve and a grinder to prepare the wheat.

“ We put some grain into the grinder and ground it until it was fine (flour). We mixed the flour with water and a little salt to make the dough for a chapatti”

Visit their website to see: www.falconbrook.wandsworth.sch.uk/harvest-blog


Grow your own wheatDid you know you can make your own flour from wheat you have grown in your garden? Then you can use your flour to make pizza bases and bread such as chapatti.

Bake Your LawnFor ideas on growing wheat and baking bread in school visit:

· Sustain - www.sustainweb.org/realbread/bake_your_lawn

· Garden Organic (activity sheet A50). http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/resources/fflp/A50-Growing-pulses-and-cereals.pdf

· Grain Train - www.grainchain.com

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Cooking lesson plans and ideasHere’s our round-up of some of the best global food and cooking lessons from across the web

Key stage 1: How to make a super sandwichMaking a super sandwich is just one of Grain Chain’s many comprehensive educational resources. Grain Chain provide a wide range of teaching materials exploring farming, food and healthy eating within the context of the wheat growing and flour milling industry. You can browse by age, subject area or topic.

https://www.grainchain.com/teachers

Key stage 2: A feast of the sensesCreate a sensory tray of unusual ingredients to explore the smell and taste of foods, how they’re prepared, and how they might be grouped into different food types

www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Sheet.aspx?siteId=15&sectionId=65&contentId=129

Key stage 3: Pizza play your cards rightDiscover which ingredients on the map travelled the furthest and learn about food miles

www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Food-Miles-6219219/

Key stage 4: Food: A global issueUse agricultural images from around the world to explore the global context of food production and farming

www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Food-and-Farming-photo-teaching-resource-6340681/

Looking for more information on cooking in school?

Food Growing Schools: London

For more recipe ideas for cooking with unusual fruit and vegetables:

www.foodgrowingschools.org

Soil Association Cooking Skills

Soil Association offer a range of school cooking skills training and consultation services:

www.foodforlife.org.uk/schools/what-can-you-do/get-cooking

School Food Matters

Food education support for schools, parents and local authorities, as well as plenty of inspiring cooking and growing ideas:

www.schoolfoodmatters.com

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How to: Involve your local communityGrow Around the World offers a fantastic opportunity to work with your local community through school growing and cooking activities, and reflect the rich diversity of people and cultures in your London borough. Here are some ideas on how to work with the local community, businesses and volunteers to support your school garden, through Grow Around the World activities.

Welcome the community in · Organise a seed swap – welcome parents and carers and local allotment associations who grow food to

donate seeds to your school, including seeds from unusual crops. Involve the PTA.

· Hold an International Food Day – invite parents and carers to come in and share their national dish or recipe with your school. Cook it together and learn about the ingredients they have used, then hold a celebratory lunch.

· Join the Big Dig – join the national celebration of community gardening and open your school gates to the public for an exciting day of action:

– Student-led garden tours – showing off your unusual vegetables – Gardening activities – seeds sowing, planting, growing demonstrations. – Produce sales - sell extra seeds, leftover unusual crops, chutneys and community

recipe books to make extra money for your school garden project.

For dates and further information, please visit the website: www.bigdig.org.uk

· Create an international food recipe book –include a dish from each of the nationalities represented in your school, and a section on how to grow some of the plants used. Welcome contributions from parents and carers working with students.

· Find local help – We believe that London schools should be connected with local support – from food networks and community gardens, to green-fingered locals and food businesses. A community on your doorstep helping you grow. Find out how:

· www.foodgrowingschools.org/support/support_schools

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Picture Credit: GardenOrganic/SowingNewSeeds


Garden planning – all year roundThe following planners taking you through a year of planting and harvesting cycles to support you in your school garden for next year.

· Developing a crop rotation plan (Activity sheet A34): www.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/resources/fflp/A34-Developing-a-crop-rotation-plan.pdf

· Creating a term time harvest plan (Activity sheet A35): www.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/resources/fflp/A35-Creating-a-term-time-harvest-plan.pdf

· Crop rotation poster: www.gardenorganic.org.uk/sites/www.gardenorganic.org.uk/files/resources/fflp/Crop-Rotation.pdf

All from the Garden Organic schools website: www.gardenorganic.org.uk/schools

· Veg crop planner: https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Info-Sheet/Vegetable-crop-planner-(1)

· Gardening club calendar: https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/getmedia/15caf769-211e-4d36-8096-a5a6122b36d3/Gardening-club-calendar

All from the RHS Campaign for School Gardening Website: http://apps.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening/default.aspa

Picture Credit: Garden Organic/Sowing New Seeds

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