Food Education in our public schools!

Local Matters is announcing:

"An Evening with Dr. Antonia Demas." The evening will highlight her "Food is Elementary" curriculum that Local Matters will be facilitating throughout various public schools and child daycares, Head Start, the YWCA and YMCA. Food is Elementary© (FIE) is a unique and vibrant curriculum introduced into schools and communities that teach children about food, nutrition, culture, and healthy living by:

• Educating children about the relationship between food choices and disease prevention
• Encouraging a child's natural curiosity and creativity to be the foundation of learning
• Providing children with the life skill of food preparation through hands-on interactive experience
• Introducing healthful foods through the traditions and arts of different cultures
• Involving families and community in classroom teaching, school meals, gardens, and collaborative mural projects

The event will be held at The Indianola Informal School at Everett, located at 100 W. 4th Ave., just off of W.5th Ave, hosted in the auditorium. This exciting opportunity is open to the public and will take place Tuesday, November 11th from 6:30 pm-8:30pm. The Greener Grocer will host cooking demonstrations featuring recipes from the "Food is Elementary" Curriculum from 6:30-7pm. Dr.Demas will participate in a town hall discussion from 7-8:30pm.

Come join us in an evening exploring the power of food to change our community!

Local Matters

Local Matters

Local Matters is a 501 (c) (3) organization located in Columbus, Ohio. We believe that food has the power to transform, sustain and build community in Central Ohio, the city of Columbus and the neighborhoods within our city limits.

We believe that we can harness the power of food as an important key to community change. Just as food nourishes the individual’s body and soul, so it is capable of nourishing the neighborhoods we inhabit and the city that our neighborhoods form.

As we gather all of central Ohio around the table of local foods by creating healthy, prosperous connections among rural and urban farmers, families and businesses, Local Matters sees our local food system as a key ingredient to transform our communities. This transformative power of local foods can affect systemic social, economic and environmental change and can have positive impact on the overall health of our region.