About us
Welcome to La marmite éducative, the food education platform!
Spearheaded by Équiterre in collaboration with the Table québécoise sur la saine alimentation (TQSA), La marmite éducative brings together a wide range of educational tools and professional services on food and nutrition for people who work with youth aged 0 to 17.
Why do we need La Marmite?
Though it’s widely recognized that developing knowledge and skills about food from an early age is beneficial, these vital skills are deteriorating in our society.
The decline in the transmission and use of culinary and food skills is driven by various factors, including changes in family structures and the evolution of the agri-food industry. Childhood is a critical period for culinary discovery and the establishment of lifelong eating habits. People who work with youth can therefore play an essential role in addressing this issue.
The mission of La marmite éducative is to make food education more accessible and to encourage childhood educators to get involved. We have curated a collection of over 500 educational resources focused on healthy, local, and sustainable food. These resources have been carefully selected by a validation committee based on origin, credibility, and relevance.
Our Marmite is a pot overflowing with ideas
Do you work with young people aged 0 to 17? Explore the many turnkey activities, outings, educational kits, and digital tools available on the platform! With advanced search options, monthly tool selections, and resources organised by type of educational setting, La marmite éducative is designed to make your navigation easy and enjoyable. Take it a step further by creating a profile in Ma zone marmite to discover exclusive content, save your favourite activities, and even leave comments on resources!
Do you have resources that could be added to La marmite éducative? Feel free to suggest your food education tools! We’ll be delighted to contact you for more information.
Curious to learn more? Get inspired with our videos for early childhood settings, schools, and summer camps!
The little story behind our big Marmite
The creation of this unique platform spanned three years and involved collaboration with numerous partners from the fields of education, health, and environment.
After these three phases of work, we are proud to have launched La marmite éducative in October 2021. The platform offers a wide range of resources, with over 500 educational food literacy tools from across Quebec. These resources are designed for early childhood settings, schools (preschool, primary, and secondary), summer camps, and organisations that offer youth activities (community centres, group homes, municipalities, etc.).
Today, La marmite éducative is a structured project for the entire province, providing access to reliable and credible educational tools on healthy, local, and environmentally responsible food created by a variety of organisations. It encourages food education initiatives and supports practitioners to deploy them in their particular educational setting. Additionally, it serves as a collective showcase for the many organisations developing educational materials, services, or activities for youth.
In the long term, we hope that this project will enhance the food and culinary knowledge and skills of young people, regardless of their environment or their age!
Acknowledgments
The creation of this platform was a collaborative effort involving the Groupe de travail sur la saine alimentation pendant l'enfance (GT-SAE) of the TQSA, along with various partners and ministries. The project was guided by a steering committee made up of key figures in food education. Other contributors include the Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec (CRAAQ) and M361.
This project was made possible with the financial support of the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (MSSS) through the Table québécoise sur la saine alimentation (TQSA), the ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) as part of the implementation of the Politique bioalimentaire 2018-2025, Alimenter notre monde in addition to the ministère de la Famille du Québec (MFA).
