The ability to source food and learning to feed yourself are fundamental markers of independence and personal efficacy – your ability to be happy and healthy depends on these skills – so we have began a project called “Feed Yourself” to create food education resources for use by individuals or for incorporation into existing child and youth health programs or school lesson plans.

“Feed Yourself” will create interactive multimedia applications (audio, video, graphics, animations and text) inlcuding cooking demonstrations, recipes, chat from celebrities, chat from peers, mp3 downloads, music to cook by, basic cookery instruction, kitchen garden ideas and much more. We have also initiated a collaborative research study to monitor the effectiveness of our content and methodologies.

Italian food is based on the best quality ingredients and traditions representing a celebration of life, family, friends and community. Italians are passionate about food and we would like to communicate that passion to the next generation. In this way, Australian children and young people will have an opportunity to learn new skills and gain a holistic understanding about the food they eat; history, tradition, origin, provenance, and how simple good quality food can benefit their health.

We will be using the funds generated by the dowloading of the
Barilla Celebrity Cookbook to develop education resources about Italian food – “Feed Yourself Italian”.