Do you want your kids to learn where food comes from and how it connects us to other people and the world around us?
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), in partnership with City of Greater Geelong and Geelong Regional Libraries, is bringing The Secret World of Food to Geelong during the school holidays.
It aims to provide an immersive and fun experience and boost food literacy for young children and their families.
Running until July 17, The Secret World of Food will encourage kids to become mini food explorers.
Children will be equipped with a food passport to collect stamps as they move through various stages of the food cycle – from growing, to delivery, to buying and selling at the market, cooking in the kitchen and then reusing food or putting scraps in the compost.
City of Greater Geelong mayor Stretch Kontelj said he was excited to have The Secret World of Food be part of the Tastes of Greater Geelong 2025 program.
“We are pleased to partner with VicHealth to bring The Secret World of Food to our Geelong libraries,” he said.
“This activation will plant seeds of knowledge in the minds of our youngest community members about where food comes from. If we give kids the opportunity to get involved in the experience of picking, buying and
preparing food, we can get them more excited about food and eating healthy.”
See grlc.vic.gov.au/events for more information on the event, which is being held at Corio Library.
