Welcome to ‘Give Peas a Chance’. Something exciting is happening in your school’s dining hall. A new climate friendly, nutritious plant protein grown in Aberdeenshire is now featured in new recipes on school menus across Aberdeen City. Bring the learning from the dining hall into the classroom and beyond with our second level learning resources covering health and wellbeing, STEM and social studies sharing the story of Farmer Phil’s locally grown organic peas.
Tuesday 25th March | 3.30 – 5pm Growing in school, Holy Family School
We are delighted to have started delivering class talks and tasting experiences for schools in Aberdeen City.
If you are a city school interested in getting involved please contact Alison Johnston.
Our Design a pea packet competition is now closed and we will be announcing the winner shortly!
If you are a school based in Aberdeen City and would like to request some free pea seeds to grown in 2025 you can request these here.
We are delighted to share the winning designs for our pea competition! Well done to Prassida at Skene Square Primary School for the winning entry! Find out more with in our blog.
Accessible to all, our interactive curricular linked resources can be used in the classroom to support learning for sustainability, developing the young workforce and good food learning.
The project is funded by Sustain’s Bridging the Gap programme, and is a partnership between the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET), the Royal Northern Countryside Initiative (RNCI), Soil Association Scotland, Aberdeen City Council catering and procurement teams and pea producer Phil Swire of Balmakewan Farm.