FOOD ADVOCATES

This is a 10 week program for high schoolers. When a student applies for the program he or she also commits to a 3 hours of community service which will be a combination of cooking for families in need and teaching elementary aged kids. The community service will be done alongside an adult supervisor, and will begin in the winter.

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Each week the students will meet on Monday evenings 6:00-7:30 in the kitchen at Tuckahoe High School. In these lessons they will engage in a discussion of a food related topic (for example food waste, the importance of local food or Fair Trade). Some weeks they will be given short reading material to expose them to different aspects of these topics (for example GMO’s and food accessibility). We will occasionally have a guest speaker/chef and have optional field trips to a farm.

Alongside a theoretical discussion, each week they will learn how to make a complete dish from start to finish. We will learn how to follow a recipe, how to cook without a recipe and rely on intuitions, experiment with recipe writing, and learn how to teach and create lesson plans.

This program is a great opportunity for teens who are interested in food and cooking who would like to make a difference in their community.

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