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The La marmite éducative virtual platform is a vast repertoire of teaching tools and professional services pertaining to healthy, local and environmentally responsible food, for youth aged 0 to 17
Many organizations have been working over the years to develop activities and tools to encourage healthy, local and environmentally responsible food among our youth.
La marmite éducative brings together this vast array of educational tools and professional services in order to promote them and make them available in a central location for those working with young people aged 0 to 17 in early childhood settings, schools, summer camps and youth activities.
Food is a central theme in the evolution of our society, in improving the health of our communities and in fighting climate change. Through education, La marmite éducative aims to accelerate the adoption of healthy eating habits from an early age.
“ The more we develop a child's curiosity to garden, cook, understand and experience the relationship between the earth and what we have on our plates, the greater the chances that the child will adopt and maintain healthy lifestyle habits as they grow up ”
Developed by Équiterre in cooperation with the Table québécoise sur la saine alimentation (TQSA), La marmite éducative brings together a broad range of educational tools and professional services in sustainable food for those working with young Quebecers from 0 to 17 in early childhood education, schools, summer camps and youth activities.
La marmite éducative provides reliable and credible educational tools about healthy, local and environmentally responsible food from various organizations. It seeks to encourage food education initiatives, to mobilize stakeholders and to showcase the collective work done by many organizations to educate young people about healthy eating.
Through this initiative, food education in Quebec's early childhood settings, schools, summer camps and youth activities has been strengthened.
400 teaching tools and professional services about healthy and sustainable food
110 organizations in Quebec have contributed resources to the platform
22 000 visits to the site since its launch
(in French)
The platform now has more than 400 educational tools and services that are easily accessible to those who work with youth. Now the challenge is to create awareness among as many people as possible and to ensure that youth workers are mobilized to make healthy and sustainable food a key issue!
To the delight of our many partners, is launched!
A comprehensive inventory of food education tools in Quebec is produced, to be analyzed and approved by a validation committee.
Following extensive consultations with key players in education, health, food and youth, a food education platform is drafted.
“ Cooking with young people means working on their future. This unique platform offers a structural framework for educators and for the adults of tomorrow. Learning to cook in a fun environment is what La marmite éducative is all about! ”
“ In my case, with my kindergarten students, La marmite éducative allowed me to think outside the box during lunchtime to give them a taste for a variety of foods through the use of colorful visual aids and culinary activities. The children also changed the contents of their lunch boxes! ”
“ I'm responsible for our school garden, and La marmite éducative is a fantastic tool for developing my gardening season! I have discovered new activities to do with the students in the classroom and in the garden and a whole host of information to keep my urban agriculture skills up to date. Thank you for this great work! ”
Project Manager, Sustainable Food
Information and Logistics Officer, Sustainable Food
Communications Officer - Sustainable Agriculture and Food
La marmite éducative is a project developed by Équiterre in cooperation with the Table québécoise sur la saine alimentation (TQSA), through its Groupe de travail sur la saine alimentation pendant l’enfance.
This project was made possible with the financial support of the Government of Quebec.
