The Charlie Cart Project curriculum provides full lesson plans to support cooking skills and aims to weave in connections between personal health and the health of the planet.įederman highlights how the food education work at Charlie Cart Project is a critical component of food access. She found that even in the communities with fresh produce, many kids were lacking knowledge of common fruits and vegetables.

So I thought, if you can’t bring the kids to the kitchen, why not bring the kitchen to the kids?” Carolyn Federman, the founder of the Charlie Cart Project tells Food Tank.įederman launched The Charlie Cart Project in 2015 after seeing the impact of food education through her work at Edible Schoolyard. “Many schools lack the resources to build out a full teaching kitchen. The project is currently providing a kitchen on wheels to schools, libraries, food banks, and farmers’ markets, among other community organizations. The Charlie Cart Project is working to inspire food education across 47 states through comprehensive, hands-on programming.

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