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Food insecurity and school food quality as major daily challenges for newcomer youth. In response, the IRC developed the New Roots “Youth Food Justice” program in partnership with newcomer schools, focusing mostly on high school age children and engaging them as “service learners” and leaders in addressing their community food needs. New Roots Youth Food Justice programs use a strengths-based approach that is culturally respectful, developmentally appropriate, oriented toward service-learning, and focused on positive skill building.
The Cultivating Youth Food Justice Programs Toolkit features Youth Food Justice lesson plans, best practices from two innovative New Roots pilot projects, and a Farm-to-School Procurement Handbook. The Youth Food Justice and New Roots teams hope that the insights gained through this work can help inform future projects in other communities.
AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS & LINKS
- Download this report Cultivating Youth Food Justice Programs Toolkit
- New Roots Annual Report 2023 New Roots Annual Report 2023
- IRC's New Roots Program: Growing Good from the Ground Up IRC's New Roots Program: Growing Good from the Ground Up