The MarketFresh Schools Program

The Marketfresh Schools Program is an initiative of the Melbourne Market Authority, promoting the daily consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables to children in schools across Melbourne and Regional Victoria.
The program includes a short presentation developed specifically for children, detailing how fruit and vegetables are grown, harvested, and transported to the stores. It also looks at the difference between fruits and vegetables, the nutritional importance of fruits and vegetables, and the seasonality of fresh produce. 
The program concludes with the chance to taste a wide variety of fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables delivered directly from the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market.’

What is the AIM of the program?

• To introduce children to a range of fresh fruits and vegetables.
• To increase awareness of the importance of eating fruit and vegetables daily.
• To make learning about fruit and vegetables stimulating and fun.
• To help create opportunities for learning about nutrition both at school and in the home.
• To give children the confidence to try a range of fruits and vegetables.

TOPICS the program covers:

• Processes involved in growing fruits and vegetables, and delivering them to our homes
• The differences between fruits and vegetables
• The importance of eating fruit and vegetables daily.
• Seasonality of fruits and vegetables.
• Tasting of fresh seasonal produce.

The program concludes with question time, and a tasting of fresh seasonal produce such as: oranges, bananas, celery, apples, pears, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, asparagus, capsicum, pineapple, avocados, bean shoots and alfalfa as well as some more exotic items.
Recipes and other information materials are provided for each child to take home.


The Marketfresh Schools Program fits into many areas of learning. Some schools request a visit from the Marketfresh Schools Program as part of learning about nutrition in health lessons and others when they are teaching about plants in science classes.

WHO can attend and HOW MANY?

The program can be tailored to suit both junior school and senior school students. Probus groups can also be accommodated.
The best group sizes are 100 to 230 students.

HOW LONG does each session take?

Each session takes around an hour, plus time before the program for preparation of the fresh produce.
The Marketfresh Schools Program requests that parents and/or teachers be available an hour before each presentation to help prepare the produce.

COST of program:

A small fee of $100 including GST per session is charged, which will be invoiced upon confirmation of your booking.
NB: Fee is non-refundable for cancellations made within two weeks of booking date.

To organise a nutrition session at your school, please CONTACT:

Sharyn Dunstan
Marketfresh Schools Coordinator
Melbourne Market Authority
Box 1, 542 Footscray Road, West Melbourne 3003
P: +61 3 9258 6179 F: +61 3 9689 5507
E: sharyn.dunstan@melbournemarkets.com.au

Brochure Download: MarketFresh Schools Program Brochure

Melbourne Markets has a number of resources to support healthy eating initiatives in schools. These include brochures, posters, recipes, seasonal guides, magnets and badges. Healthy eating resources. 
For further information, or to order resources, please visit our merchandise section of the web page.
Website: The Marketfresh website is Australia’s leading source of information on fresh produce, and includes a FREE kids section to stimulate your kids interest in healthy eating with fun activities, games, and recipe’s.

FEEDBACK

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