In our society, daily food choices are not simple acts but become powerful tools for change. As a school and as H-FARM, we have always been committed to promoting a healthy and balanced relationship with food, aware of its impact on our health, the environment, and society. However, we recognize that to truly transform our eating habits and cultivate a culture of conscious eating, significant investment in food education is necessary.
Food education is not just about learning dietary rules or food pyramids, but it is a comprehensive journey that allows us to rediscover the pleasure of food, understand its value, and appreciate its social, cultural, economic, and environmental impact. Through knowledge of agricultural practices, food processing, and the dynamics of the food system, we can become conscious protagonists of our food choices and promote virtuous behaviours both individually and collectively.
The table understood not only as a physical place but as a space for meeting and sharing, can become a real battleground for promoting a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. It is through food education that we can transform our daily dining experience into a moment of awareness and pleasure, thus contributing tangibly and daily to ecological conversion.
In this context, we join Slow Food Italy in calling on the Italian Government to make food education a mandatory subject in all schools, at every educational level. We believe that only through concrete and systematic commitment to teaching food skills can we hope to cultivate a generation of conscious and responsible citizens capable of making informed choices for the benefit of their bodies and the planet.
However, we understand that change cannot happen only at the institutional level. Every individual has the power to make a difference through their daily actions. Therefore, we commit to promoting a healthy and sustainable lifestyle by making conscious and responsible food choices. We are aware that only through the unity of many people and entities can we truly hope to advance this important cause and promote positive change in our society.
As a school community, we ask you to join us in signing this appeal and committing concretely to promoting food education in our society.
Food education is not just an educational imperative but an urgent necessity to address the global challenges related to food and the environment. We wholeheartedly support this appeal and pledge to work together for a future in which the table becomes a place of awareness, pleasure, and change.