In Slow Food USA’s Good, Clean and Fair school garden curriculum you will find everything you need to begin gardening and cooking lessons with young learners the Slow Food way. We envision a progression of activities that moves from the personal to the social and from the local to the global. Slow Food provides a unique contribution to school gardens. By engaging learners on experiential and emotional levels, our garden programs provide a meaningful context for multidisciplinary education. Our holistic approach allows the learner to understand the network of relationships between humans and the natural environment from a personal point of view. School gardens are used for many other purposes, including STEM education, nutrition, food production, sensory learning and social connections. These are all praiseworthy efforts to link learners and the school community to the natural environment. A Slow Food school garden may include some or all of these activities, but its primary purpose is to link the pleasure of good food with a commitment to fairness in the community and a healthy environment. The curriculum is the place where the Slow Food mission is expressed in gardening and cooking activities. The curriculum is divided into three parts, Good, Clean and Fair. Together they provide a full range of activities centered around the garden; from tasting activities, to cooking with garden produce, to sustainable gardening, to studying food systems, and activities that promote access to affordable fresh food. Please see the following chart to select lessons appropriate for specific age groups.