What is Food Heroes (Mission)

Food Heroes is the leading food education curriculum for kids aged 5-9. We empower educators to transform children's dietary habits in the classrooms, at home, and in their communities. Food Heroes creates positive dietary habits that unleash the potential in children’s minds, bodies, and hearts.

Food Education is the secret ingredient for a better world

Over the course of a year, or 37 classes, students and teachers play games together to discover the impact of food across the web of life. Students accompany 5 Food Heroes in their journey to unlock the right combination of foods and help them win over food villains to save the world. After conquering all 3 Quests, students become Food Heroes who eat with love for their bodies and planet.

Food Heroes appeals to everyone because everyone is fascinated with food. Everyone has their food struggles. Through exploring our relationship with food, we can heal ourselves, we can connect with the people around us, and we can bond with the nature that sustains us. In other words, Food Heroes teaches children how to be better people with self love, sharing love, and loving our world.

Why Teach Food Heroes

Food Heroes teaches multiple skills. In addition to health competencies, it also teaches other Common Core skills such as: language arts, maths, and social studies.
Food Heroes is offered in both English and Chinese simplified languages.
Food Heroes is game based, kid tested, and teacher approved. Over 1 million children have played Food Heroes games with immediate changes in eating behavior.
Food Heroes extends outside the classroom. Activities involve parents to change family norms around eating and provide a solution to fussy eating behavior.

Who Can Benefit

Kids: It’s an engaging, hands on game based on superheroes going on challenges.

Food Heroes teaches kids (and their families!) how every bite we take affects our physical, emotional, mental bodies and the world we live in.
Teachers:

Our curriculum enables teachers to be at the forefront of recruiting students as Food Heroes who improve personal, societal, and planetary health with every bite they take.

An easy-to-use kit provides all the class materials including game cards, print outs, narratives. An annual license includes teacher training to on how to teach the curriculum, as well as tips for using our games to be an engaging teacher.

Our multi-dimensional curriculum uses food to teach STEM, multiple skills, emotional-social development, and family engagement.
Schools: Food Heroes differentiates your school's offering by adding food education to the standard curriculum for in-class or in extracurricular sessions.

Food Heroes is the first food education program to merge personal and planetary health in one curriculum, and be compliant with EAT Lancet guidelines on healthy and sustainable diets.