Browse Curriculum

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πŸ—ΊοΈApprentice

Animal Husbandry with a Mentor: A Day on the Chores

Food & FarmingField Plan
A full morning or day on site, with at least one follow-up visit recommended8 materials
✏️Apprentice

Advanced Cooking Techniques: Building a Cook's Hands

Food & FarmingPractice
20-40 minutes per session, 3-5 sessions per week, over several months10 materials
πŸ—οΈApprentice

Feed the Family for a Week on a Fixed Budget

Food & FarmingProject
2 weeks (1 week to plan and shop, 1 week to cook and review; ~8-12 hours total)7 materials
πŸ—οΈApprentice

Market Garden: Grow Produce for Sale

Food & FarmingProject
One full growing season (approximately 16-20 weeks, 5-10 hours per week)11 materials
🍳Apprentice

Water-Bath Canning: Putting Up Tomatoes for the Year

Food & FarmingRecipe
3-4 hours (including prep, processing, and cooling)10 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈArchitect

Agricultural Economics Study: Analyze a Working Farm

Food & FarmingField Plan
Multi-session: 2-3 weeks (1 prep week, a full-day visit, 1 analysis week)7 materials
✏️Architect

Nutrition and Performance: Design and Test Your Own Fueling System

Food & FarmingPractice
20-30 minutes daily logging, weekly review; run as a 6-8 week block6 materials
πŸ—οΈArchitect

Food Business Capstone

Food & FarmingProject
12-16 weeks (10-20 hours per week)10 materials
πŸ—οΈArchitect

Full-Cycle Food Management

Food & FarmingProject
4 weeks of full responsibility (plus 1 planning week)7 materials
🍳Architect

Advanced Food Preservation: Ferment, Cure, and Can at Production Scale

Food & FarmingRecipe
Multi-session: hours of active work spread across days to weeks of curing/fermenting time12 materials
πŸ—οΈBuilder

Bread Baking Mastery

Food & FarmingProject
5 sessions over 2-3 weeks (each session: 30 minutes active, plus waiting time)13 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈBuilder

Full Season Garden: Seed to Harvest

Food & FarmingField Plan
One full growing season (March-October in most US regions); 20-30 minutes daily plus 1-2 hour weekly work sessions11 materials
πŸ“–Builder

Nutrition Deep Dive: What Food Actually Does in Your Body

Food & FarmingLesson
Multi-session: three 45-minute lessons over one to two weeks7 materials
✏️Builder

Cook Dinner for the Family

Food & FarmingPractice
One dinner per week, ongoing; roughly 2-3 hours per week including planning, shopping, cooking, and cleanup10 materials
🍳Builder

Food Preservation Basics: Refrigerator Pickles and Dried Herbs

Food & FarmingRecipe
45 minutes active work; pickles ready after 24 hours in the fridge; herbs ready after 1-2 weeks of air-drying11 materials
🀝Explorer

Community Garden Volunteer

Food & FarmingService
Half day (2-3 hours of garden work)6 materials
πŸ”¨Explorer

Composting 101

Food & FarmingActivity
45 minutes initial setup, then 5 minutes daily for ongoing maintenance9 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈExplorer

Farm Visit Day

Food & FarmingField Plan
Full day (4-6 hours including travel)7 materials
✏️Explorer

Knife Skills for Kids

Food & FarmingPractice
30 minutes8 materials
🍳Explorer

Stone Soup

Food & FarmingRecipe
60 minutes (including story time and cooking)7 materials
πŸ—οΈExplorer

The Family Garden

Food & FarmingProject
5 sessions over 6-12 weeks9 materials
πŸ”¬Explorer

What Do Plants Really Need?

Food & FarmingExperiment
30 minutes setup, then 5 minutes daily for 14 days9 materials
πŸ“–Explorer

Where Does Food Come From?

Food & FarmingLesson
40 minutes5 materials
🍳Foundation

Ants on a Log and Friends

Food & FarmingRecipe
15 minutes7 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

Where Does Food Come From?

Food & FarmingLesson
15 minutes4 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈFoundation

The Farmers Market Adventure

Food & FarmingField Plan
60-90 minutes6 materials
✏️Foundation

Little Kitchen Helper

Food & FarmingPractice
10-15 minutes (integrated into regular meal prep)6 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Planting Seeds and Watching Them Grow

Food & FarmingActivity
30 minutes for initial planting; 5 minutes daily for ongoing care7 materials
πŸ”¬Foundation

What Do Plants Need to Grow?

Food & FarmingExperiment
20 minutes for setup; 5 minutes daily for 7-10 days of observation8 materials
πŸ’¬Genesis

First Foods Philosophy: Baby-Led Weaning, Purees, and the Choices Nobody Warns You About

Food & FarmingDiscussion
45-60 minutes3 materials
✏️Genesis

Breastfeeding Preparation: Building the Skill Before You Need It

Food & FarmingPractice
Ongoing β€” 15 to 30 minutes per practice session across the final trimester, then daily once the baby arrives5 materials
πŸ“–Genesis

Prenatal Nutrition: Real Food, Not Supplements

Food & FarmingLesson
60 minutes (reading and meal planning)4 materials
πŸ—οΈGenesis

The Kitchen as the Center: Building Your Family's Food Culture Before the Baby Walks

Food & FarmingProject
Multi-session (three planning sessions of 45-60 minutes over a week or two, then a 30-day install period)4 materials
🍳Genesis

The Postpartum Freezer Stash: Batch-Cooking Real Meals Before the Baby Comes

Food & FarmingRecipe
3-4 hours of active cooking, producing 12-16 servings to freeze7 materials
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