Ep: 94 - How We Speak to Children About Food

With special guest, Andrew Fleet

Welcome to Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast! In this episode, Ally, Strive Manager, hosts Andrew Fleet, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Growing Chefs! Ontario, to discuss the importance of food literacy for children, educators, and the community. They examine how the words we use influence children’s views of food as they grow, how the connections we have with food have changed over time, and how understanding the food we eat (how it grows, where it comes from, how it’s processed, etc.) can fundamentally change our relationship with the world around us. Listen, learn, reflect, enjoy!

Find teacher resources, including A Framework of Food Literacy Development for Children and Youth from 2 to 18 years by FANLit, and more on the Growing Chefs! Ontario website.

Leading Inspired Learning: A Strive Podcast · Ep: 94 - How We Speak to Children About Food with Andrew Fleet

Guest Bio

Andrew Fleet is an avid local food enthusiast. He is the co-founder and executive director of Growing Chefs! Ontario, a London-based charity with a mission to change the way people learn about and develop healthy relationships with food.

Over the past 15 years, Growing Chefs! Ontario has been creating and providing impactful hands-on cooking and food literacy programming for children and families, which have been offered in partnership with over 100 schools and dozens of community organizations across southwest Ontario, reaching more than 10,000 children and youth annually.