It’s your pick—each school sets their own direction
Pick of the Crop empowers schools to choose locally agreed actions, based on five components:
Teaching and learning
Integrating food and nutrition education through Paddock to Plate in the curriculum encourages students to learn and gain knowledge, skills and experiences that promote greater consumption of veggies and fruit. Schools can explore and embed health messages across curriculum subjects, linking with other school priorities and Pick of the Crop activities.
Healthy school environments
The whole school environment can provide opportunities for students to access to veggies and fruit by incorporating them into the school tuckshop, breakfast clubs, brain breaks and tasting activities and establishing school gardens.
Grower and community connections
Strengthening connections with growers and producers through Paddock to Plate, and implementing engagement strategies with the community, families and parents inspires consistent messages around food and nutrition education between school, home and beyond.
Last updated 7 January 2026
