ELP’S FOOD FOREST PROGRAMME
Get Your Primary School Involved!

ELP provides resources to primary schools to help students learn about food system resilience.

 Our exciting plans for Winter 2024 and Spring 2025 are to extend the schools programme to 35 new schools throughout Ireland.

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In this Systems Thinking designed programme, 5 topics are covered with a lesson plan for each topic provided to teachers via password protected access from ELP’s website. All lessons centre around an easily managed 2m x 2m food forest planted in the school garden with the help of ELP’s Schools Coordinator.

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A food forest is a mini ecosystem providing students with a simple roadmap for developing interconnected ecosystems. This mimics a healthy world where everything is connected and those connections are understood and respected.

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Funding in 2024, from Community Foundation Ireland and AbbVie, has been crucial in helping ELP expand the schools programme.

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How to Get Your Primary School Involved - contact info@ediblelandscape.ie