Educate At the Table (EAT)

Educate At the Table (EAT) provides an opportunity for children to explore fruits and vegetables, prepare simple recipes and try new foods. As children experience and taste healthy foods, they practice math, reading, and 21st century skills of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity.

Partnering with schools and organizations for facilitation, TheBarry Foundation provides funding support, coordination, training and materials.

EAT consists of four in-classroom lessons at the pre-primary and kindergarten level; each focuses on a recipe for a different meal. Lessons always include the experience of preparing and tasting a recipe involving fresh fruits and vegetables and an auxiliary activity.

The lessons are co-led by two trained, volunteer Food Instructors--primarily parents--with the assistance of classroom teachers and school food service staff.