Blue Watermelon Project’s Feeding the Future is a culinary contest that challenges students to create healthy, great-tasting meals to bring awareness to the school nutrition industry and places students at the creative helm of crafting a school lunch tray that meets the financial and nutritional standards of the National School Lunch Program.
This year’s program will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Farm at South Mountain, located at 6106 S. 32nd St.
The Feeding the Future event was created to help students develop tasty, nutritious and affordable school meals that can be served to Arizona school children. Participation in this contest helps students and the surrounding community better understand the challenges that school food professionals face and the ever-changing conditions that impact access to good food.
This year, 12 teams from eight school districts across the Valley, including Queen Creek High School, will work with local chefs and school food professionals to create inventive and nutritious dishes they will serve at the event. Attendees join in the fun by tasting the creative dishes of the student teams that are also presented to guest judges. While the judges deliberate, attendees can enjoy the beautiful outdoor scenery of the Farm at South Mountain with live music, yard games and children’s activities. Winning students receive a variety of prizes, including scholarships for the high school students, and thematic prizes for middle school and elementary students. This year, Feeding the Future will be presented by Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation, supporting the top high school student scholarship at $10,000 and at least four winning schools will have their dishes made and served at their school for their fellow students to try.
Tickets on sale here.
