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Updated 9/23/09
Sustainable Food Systems Curriculum

Lesson One
Introductory Class

Lesson Two
Food History

Lesson Three
Soils (It's not dirt!)

Lesson Four
Plants & Seeds

Lesson Five
Bugs: Pest or Pals?

Lesson Six
Livestock Shopping

Lesson Seven
Sustainable Choices

Lesson Eight
Lifecycle of Fresh Food

Lesson Nine
Farm Visit

Lesson Ten
Food Celebration

E-mail:
abazs@round-river.com

Round River
5879 Nikolai Road
Finland, MN 55603-4047
Phone (218) 353-7736

This curriculum was written and put together by David Abazs, Dave Graf, Kurt Mead and Allison Wood for the Northland Food & Farming Initiative sponsored by the Sustainable Development Partnership of Northeastern Minnesota to increase basic food literacy and give consumers a more sophisticated understanding of the economics of our food system options, health and food quality issues, effects of the food system on rural communities, and the history of our regional food system. This ten classes kit was written for farmers and gardeners to take into their local schools and teach. This approach provides students with a teacher who can share his or her life experience, bringing a personal touch and passion into the curriculum. The NFFI Sustainable Food Systems mission is:

"to build awareness of sustainable food and farming issues by
providing hands-on, passsionate, farmer to student curriculum"


The project is being administerd by Shalom Seed Sanctuary, a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization which is directed by David & Lise Abazs located at Round River Farm. The curriculum includes all of the classes you see in yellow on your left. Click on the sample lesson plan to get some insight into what the curriculum offers. Each class runs about 75 minutes, and has been designed for 5th grade and up. If you are interested in ordering the full curriculum, click on the ORDER CURRICULUM EARTH below!

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E-mail: abazs@round-river.com

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