Around the Table Curriculum

Around the Table and Around the Table: Nourishing Families (preview) are designed to build food, nutrition, and cooking literacy, while integrating social emotional learning and using trauma-sensitive facilitation. Participants enjoy hands-on cooking, facilitated conversations, and interactive activities that support healthy connections to food, self, and community. 

• Around the Table is a six-week youth and young adult curriculum designed for groups of 7-15 youth, aged 14-21.
• Around the Table: Nourishing Families is a six-week adult curriculum designed for groups of 10-14 adults raising children.
• Two facilitators are recommended.
• A kitchen or community space with room for hands-on food preparation is required.
• Approved for use in California’s CalFresh Healthy Living Program (SNAP-Ed).

These programs prioritize:

• Relationship building
• Joyful experiences
• Safety and trust
• Empowerment and self care

Participants:

• Cook and eat together
• Share memories and stories about food
• Explore their personal relationship to food
• Improve cooking and food resource management skills
• Learn about nutrition for good physical and mental health
• Explore healthy coping and self nourishment skills
• Plan their own menu
• Practice mindful eating, grounding, and gratitude

Around the Table is part of the USDA’s national SNAP-Ed Toolkit, a one-stop shop for organizations seeking programs to improving nutritional health in their communities.

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Facilitator Training

Training is required before educators can facilitate Around the Table and/or Around the Table: Nourishing Families. This training includes:

• Self-assessment of readiness and skills for trauma-informed engagement
• Basic principles of trauma-informed nutrition education
• Trauma-informed strategies for working with youth

See our training calendar for publicly offered trainings, or contact us to inquire about a customized training for your organization.

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Get Started

Interested in using Around the Table and/or Around the Table: Nourishing Families with your clients/participants? Complete our Partner Registration to learn how to bring our educators to your site and access partner downloads (see training requirements above).