Welcome to Food - a fact of life
Food – a Fact of Life (FFL) is a comprehensive, progressive food education programme founded on a whole-school approach. It delivers up-to-date, evidence-based, consistent, and accurate messages about food to everyone involved in education. The FFL programme meets the requirements of food and nutrition curricula across the UK and supports other subjects including design and technology, health and wellbeing, science, numeracy, literacy, geography, religious education, and RSE and health education.
As part of our commitment to practical food education, Food – a Fact of Life features a curated selection of tried and tested recipes for use in schools, extra-curricular activities and clubs. The top 25 downloaded recipes have now been updated with detailed nutritional analysis, new photography, top tips and more! These recipes help pupils develop essential cooking skills while learning about healthy eating and nutrition, and applying their knowledge about food in a practical way. Look out for the recipes with a blue image background!
Food – a Fact of Life is managed by the British Nutrition Foundation, in partnership with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). To learn more about the FFL education programme, visit the About FFL area.
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Explore seasonal food education
Discover a range of free, curriculum-linked resources designed to help children learn about seasonal food, where it comes from, and why it matters.
Growing food presentation
A presentation around growing food.
Growing wheat
A presentation investigating growing wheat.
Growing strawberries
A presentation looking at how strawberries are grown.
Growing potatoes
A presentation about growing potatoes in the UK.
Season cards
A set of cards around the four seasons.
Seasons
A presentation exploring the four seasons and food that is available.
Eat the seasons
A presentation looking at the seasonal aspects of food.
Seasonality presentation
A presentation looking at the seasonality of different food.
Recipes
Bring learning to life with simple, nutritious recipes that help children cook in the classroom with confidence using seasonal food.
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