Growing the next generation of food champions
When young people experience FEAST (Food Education and Sustainability Training) in their classroom, they aren’t just learning about food waste – they’re doing something about it!
There are now over 1,000 schools (primary and high) enrolled for the curriculum-aligned food waste education program. Thanks to the passion and dedication of teachers who take the training and use the curated lesson plans and resources, over sixty thousand student change-makers are helping drive Australia toward halving food waste by 2030.
This year, FEAST expanded its recipe library with new plant-based dishes developed in partnership with Support + Feed, founded by Maggie Baird, bringing climate-positive cooking into classrooms nationwide.
KPMG Australia joined the OzHarvest family with a focus on FEAST, to enable the program to be delivered at scale across the next five years, ultimately supporting better health and economic outcomes.
Student creativity took centre stage with our first Fight Food Waste Design Competition open to schools and students across the country. Over 450 creative entries came flooding in, creating a judging challenge for Craig Reucassel, Costa Giorgiadis and Ronni Kahn. The winning designs by Madison and Alexandra have been transformed into limited-edition Use It Up Tape.
FEAST meets kids where they are.
At FAME Flexible Learning School in Noarlunga, South Australia, students arrive carrying stories that mainstream education couldn’t hold. Disengagement, disruption and doors that felt closed.
FEAST opened a new one.
With food at the heart of the program – growing it, preparing it, sharing it – students found something unexpected: a reason to show up. A place to belong. A skill that felt real. This isn’t a one-off program, it can be repeated year after year to inspire and shape future change-makers.
Principal Dale saw the impact and knows FEAST works.
“We loved FEAST and want to run this again next year… we are planning our timetable to include this as one of our subjects.”