Devon Food Partnership supports schools in providing nutritious, locally sourced food, reducing food waste and delivering inspiring food education.
We have put together these resources to help build stronger connections with food, both in the classroom and out.
If you are interested in learning more or joining our Food in Schools working group, please find out more here
Quick links
Climate Action Plans for Schools
Find free advice and tips on writing your school Climate Action Plan on the Devon Climate Emergency website.
School Food Toolkit
Chefs in Schools free Toolkit to help kitchen teams and schools meet School Food Standards, encourage take-up of school lunches and keep quality high on tight budgets.
Whole School Approach Policy Support
A free resource to help busy primary schools develop their whole school approach to food policy.
Chefs in Schools
Open now: Free training for Devon school caterers, the roadshow version, no travel required.
Sustainable Schools Resources
An abundance of resources on food, farming, climate change and more for schools in Devon.
Tackling School Food Waste
How to start reducing your schools food waste.
Food for Life Learning & Skills Hub
Resources from the Soil Association linking food education into the Early Years.
School Food Matters
Leading food advocacy charity with lots of simple recipes with nutritional guidance available.
Campaign: Eat Them to Defeat Them!
Veg Power’s successful campaign is open for 2026, for primary and special schools.
Campaign: Boosting Beans
Veg Power’s new campaign to get us all eating more beans. Lots of resources on their site.
Local Food Colouring Activity
Download our Eat the Devon Rainbow colouring activity. KS1/KS2.
Food is Fun Too
Roz Camp’s PDF booklet contains ideas for fun and inspiring food activities
for childcare providers and families.Where is your fruit from?
An adaptable hands-on activity to inspire thinking about how and where fruit (or veg) is grown.
Food Waste Activities
What is food waste and how can we learn to reduce it?
Food Miles Games
Games to explore food miles. Ideal for KS1 and KS2.
Gardening in Schools
RHS Campaign for School Gardening provides resources and guidance on how to start and develop gardening.
Garden Organic
Guidance on how to create a productive growing space at school
Measure Your Impact
Cool Food Pro is an online data tool that is free to use and monitors your environmental impact.
