Get ready for your preschooler to embark on a delicious journey as they become a food adventurer!

Children and teachers in the preschool program share delicious, healthy meals together every day! Our seasonal three-course lunch and snacks are freshly prepared in our kitchen by our school Chef. We believe that the daily partaking of nourishing, delicious, hot meals with peers and teachers promotes learning, health and conviviality!

Kitchen Garden 

Growing and preparing food provides relevant real-life opportunities for introducing children to mathematics, science and technology. Food integrates many aspects of the human experience, including culture, education, community, health, and environment. 

Growing and foraging for food builds ecological and food literacy that connects children to their food and the natural world, laying healthy eating and activity patterns for life.

Through our school kitchen garden, children begin to understand the road from seed to table. As a fundamental tool of cultural transmission, food is a natural and inviting forum for helping children’s social development, language and communication. 

Nutritious

We source ingredients that are seasonal and primarily organic, supplemented by produce from our kitchen garden. We buy directly from farmers and cooperatives. We purchase whole animals from farmers that have a proven record of raising animals that are pastured and organic. This provides the students with ingredients that have the best nutritional profile. We make our meals from scratch, taking the time to make long-simmered bone broths and using pastured organ meets to maximize the nutrition of our meals. Good ingredients are tastier, more nutritious and better for the environment. Our commitment to supporting sustainable farming affirms our commitment to the children and future generations. 

Local

Eating locally promotes community, sustainability and food security. We strive to source the majority of our food from our community, or neighboring counties. We do include imports such as citrus and tropical fruits in the winter, for variety, nutrition and flavor. We source imports that are ethically grown and organic. 

Seasonal

Eating seasonally promotes a diet that is nutritious and diverse. It connects us to the natural cycle of the seasons and builds an understanding of where our food comes from in a meaningful way. Fresh seasonal foods are nutritious and delicious. Eating seasonally can mean eating a larger variety of foods, and is a way to connect to the world and the ephemeral pleasures of each season.

Organic

Fresh organic food is often more nutritious than conventionally grown food. Most local, organic food is sustainably grown in healthier soils, is non GMO, and relies more on heirloom varieties that are often more flavorful and nutritious but are not ideal for long distance travel, storage, uniformity and appearance. 

Fresh

Freshness directly affects nutritional quality and taste. Lasting food preferences are made in childhood, thus we strive to showcase every ingredient at it’s best, and avoid forming inaccurate food aversions. 

Diverse

Being exposed to a diverse range of foods prepared in traditional and new ways can help diversify the children’s palate, leading to a more varied and healthy diet. 

Delicious

Fresh, deliciously prepared meals help children discover the pleasures of a variety of foods.