CONNECTING KIDS TO REAL FOODConvivium’s interactive youth field trips focus on exposure to real food and hands-on experiences of how to grow and prepare it. Through our informative tour and engaging activities, kids will be encouraged to try new herbs and vegetables they harvest themselves in our neighborhood gardens; they will learn simple ways they can prepare familiar food themselves; and they will experience how different aspects of the food system impact their lives.
Students can visit our backyard chickens that provide eggs for our restaurant, meet the worms that live in our basement turning our kitchen’s food scraps into compost, and can taste their way around the neighborhood as they tour our gardens and facility. They can also participate in cooking demonstrations and taste the fruits of their labor. |
|
Our hope is, and we have seen it happen, that this exposure and these hands-on experiences increase a child’s willingness to try new foods, encourage them to continue learning about the many aspects of our food system, and inspire them to be good stewards of our environment, because they see themselves as a part of it all.
FIELD TRIP DETAILS
Our field trips include a 45-60 minute, interactive tour of our gardens and kitchens that is catered to the students' age group, adjusted based on the time of year or weather, and can focus on aligned topics students are learning in the classroom.
For groups larger than 25 students, we will divide into two smaller groups to rotate through the garden and kitchens tour. For groups larger than 45 students, we will divide into 3 smaller groups to rotate through the garden & kitchens tour. See below for additional enrichment activity options (and associated fees).
Field trip tours are $5 per student and must be scheduled at least one month in advance. There are scholarship funds available to help cover or offset any costs that may be limiting to your group. See below for scholarship information.
If you have questions or are ready to schedule a field trip, please email our Program Coordinator, Jessica.
For groups larger than 25 students, we will divide into two smaller groups to rotate through the garden and kitchens tour. For groups larger than 45 students, we will divide into 3 smaller groups to rotate through the garden & kitchens tour. See below for additional enrichment activity options (and associated fees).
Field trip tours are $5 per student and must be scheduled at least one month in advance. There are scholarship funds available to help cover or offset any costs that may be limiting to your group. See below for scholarship information.
If you have questions or are ready to schedule a field trip, please email our Program Coordinator, Jessica.
Additional Activity Options
Add on a cooking demo or garden activity that students can participate in to extend the field trip or to help divide into smaller groups.
|
PLANT A BEAN
Learn everything a seed needs to grow while we show how to plant a bean seed. Each student will receive a kit and instructions to take and plant their own seed at home!
This activity takes an additional 20 minutes and costs an extra $10/student*. |
SNACK MAKING DEMO
Learn how simple it is to make your own homemade granola! Our staff will walk your group through the steps to make our famous Convivium recipe as students help measure, pour, mix and of course, EAT, this delicious treat. (20 minutes)
Alternative snack food options include: • Baked potato chips (30-40 minutes) • Fruit puree soda (20 minutes) • Energy bites (20 minutes) Please note the additional time listed for ; each option costs an extra $10/student*. |
GUERILLA GARDENING
Learn all about what guerrilla gardening is - the act of growing food or flowers in neglected spaces - and how it works. Each student will also make their own seed ball to take home and test out.
This activity takes an additional 30 minutes and costs an extra $10/student*. |
*Note: scholarship funds do not cover the cost of these activities.
Scholarship Application
Thanks to our generous supporters, we are able to offer scholarship funds for students to be able to
experience Convivium's interactive field trip at reduced costs. Those interested in receiving funds for their
group of students must fill out a short application by clicking the button below.
Note: funds are limited and additional fee-based activity options are not included.
experience Convivium's interactive field trip at reduced costs. Those interested in receiving funds for their
group of students must fill out a short application by clicking the button below.
Note: funds are limited and additional fee-based activity options are not included.