What is FEAST?
FEAST (Food Education and Sustainability Training) is a 10-week curriculum-aligned education program for primary and high schools, which explores the issue of food waste and its environmental impact, healthy eating and easy classroom cooking.
Like any good FEAST, it’s designed to be fun, engaging and filled with good food!
Find out more about the program and how it aligns with the Australian curriculum below.
FEAST Tackles Food Waste
Australia has a problem, a food waste problem!
- 7.6 million tonnes of food is wasted every year
- Costing the economy over $36.6 billion
- 2.5 million tonnes of food waste comes from our homes
- Australian students throw away 5 million sandwiches and 3 million pieces of fruit!
- Less than 5% of children eat the right amount of fruit and vegetables
FEAST is the essential ingredient for any school putting the planet first and inspiring the next generation to become future change-makers. The program provides teachers with curriculum-aligned resources and strategies to fight food waste and promote healthy eating.
FEAST's Impact
Testimonials
Our Partners
We are so thankful to all our amazing FEAST partners who provide crucial financial and in-kind support to enable the program to run nationally and support our long-term goal to create positive change through education. Get in touch with our team below if you’d like to support FEAST and help inspire future-change makers in schools across the community.
Kicking (SDG) Goals
FEAST is a Global Compact Network Australia SDG program, supported by the Australian Government and addresses seven United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
