Welcome to the
From Paddock to Plate Program
Hi! I’m Louise FitzRoy, a Walkley Award-winning journalist, founder of From Paddock to Plate, food writer and educator, author, public speaker, local food and sustainability ambassador and proud country girl.
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The first education program of its kind in Australia
with over 500 resources suitable for primary and high school teachers, parents,
university students and those who work in agriculture.
Source fresh and flavoursome ingredients directly from farmers to make delicious recipes.
Join Louise as she travels through the agricultural heartland of Australia, sharing the knowledge and passion of numerous farmers.
Discover the tips and tricks to a flourishing edible garden thanks to the generous expertise found within these pages.
Treat yourself to a smorgasbord of over 170 treasured recipes from the people who know their produce best.
I commend Ms Louise FitzRoy for taking the initiative to develop a schools program to educate young Australians about where food and fibre products come from and the important role farmers play in sustainable production.
You have an amazing product that not only my students are enjoying and learning from but also myself. I absolutely love your website and resources and the students are so engaged in the unit.
The inclusion of the From Paddock to Plate Program has seen an increase of 25% in visitation to the festival and the beginnings of a change in demographics to a younger target audience, which is what we had hoped for.
As a dedicated dairy farm enterprise it is very exciting to see the fruits of Louise’s many months of labour, to capture the essence of agriculture – in every aspect – and present it as an entertaining, captivating and well-paced series of educational videos.
Thank you so much for creating the From Paddock to Plate Schools Program. I showed the beef episode to my students today and it has already generated great discussion.
I love how I can use the subject areas as a lead-in to a focus topic. For example, we spend a lesson using the resources and watching the video on Dairy, as a perfect lead-in to a few weeks where dairy will be the key ingredient in our cooking lessons. I’ve done this with Eggs and Honey as well. It gives the students a great basis and knowledge as to where the ingredients we use comes from, which is the what the whole concept of From Paddock to Plate is about.
I absolutely love the resources and we have already signed up. I think they are fantastic. A sincere well done to you and the initiative you have created.
It's great to see what Louise is doing. She is an inspiration to all of us apprentice farmers.
I have been following your work and one word comes to mind, brilliant. I love that the program is written by an Australian relating to our environment.
Love your work. The more of it, the fresher and more nutritious food people will eat and the healthier they will be.
I have just looked through the website and I must say that it is very user friendly and looks like a great resource.
What a great initiative the Schools Program is, to teach students of all ages where food comes from. I am really enjoying using the updated From Paddock to Plate schools program. The Year 7/8 students are responding well and engaging in the videos and activities that are online. The focus for the Year 7 unit for the next couple of weeks is on grains, specifically looking at how wheat advances from the paddock to our plates. So the program is a perfect fit for this unit.
We have used the program for three years now and it has been very beneficial. I have integrated this topic into Design Technologies both from the production, the health and also from an information technology point of view. Students enjoy the opportunity to cook the different recipes as shown in the video. We also use the videos as a basis to develop inquiry questions and create documentaries based on local producers, using a similar format. We're really enjoying the Program and have learnt a lot about what is available in Central Australia.
Louise is an expert in her field.
I just used your bee movie with a junior Ag class and it was well received with lots of questions being asked. I have also had a look at the activities you have designed and they look great. Makes our job so much easier!
Food education is critical in schools. Food connects us. It connects our societies, our cultures and us to our environment. Food literacy, in a world that needs as much literacy as possible, is fundamental in order to respect our bodies, our planet and the people who grow our food.
It is really attractive that the content in the Schools Program is filmed across Australia and I can see from the video preview on your website that you have very high production values. Congratulations on the excellent quality. The video set that you have created is certainly a source of inspiration.
From a teacher’s point of view, I think your work is wonderful. I find the content of your virtual excursions really interesting and the students are very engaged. You have gone to a lot of effort to explore the paddock to plate experience for a variety of foods and food topics with a particular focus on sustainability, which is so important in today’s world. We show the videos, do your worksheets, discuss content and adjust to suit our students and their needs. Your teacher manuals are very detailed and cover a large amount of content.
The From Paddock to Plate Program is going so fantastically! The veggie patch is looking AMAZING and we are making a magazine with articles about the milk industry, companion planting, seasonal vegetables, worm farming, and lots more from the students' experiences this term AND I feel like we've just started!! The kids started designing their 'brand' today to start selling their produce and so that's going to be really exciting once it gets going!
The FP2P Network has been designed to capture the juicy overflow of content we haven’t been able to squeeze into the FP2P Program. We’re going to follow careers that have taken our ag experts to where they are today. From foods that make you feel good, how to make sustainable changes doing the grocery shopping, produce to boost your skincare routine, groundbreaking discoveries to reduce methane emissions, learning how to distill the lavender in your garden for a better night's sleep, and so much more.
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