Learners explore food security through growing, storage, nutrition and supervised food preparation, with a strict no-guessing rule for wild plants and fungi.
A delayed supermarket delivery prompts a family to examine what food resilience really means: planning, growing, storing and asking qualified adults.
Each mission introduces its own vocabulary through examples, scenarios and knowledge checks.
Complete missions in order for the clearest progression.
This mission helps learners understand what urban foraging is and why it might be necessary, recognize basic principles: sustainability, legality, and safety and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners learn about the "look-alike" problem: edible vs. poisonous species, understand basic plant identification techniques (leaf shape, flower color, growth pattern) and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners recognize hardy "weeds" that often flourish in urban cracks and lawns (e.g., plantain, purslane), learn simple gathering techniques and cleaning methods and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners understand how community gardens operate and the etiquette involved, learn about rooftop gardening potential-herbs, leafy greens, and microgreens and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners identify nutrient-dense plants commonly found in urban settings, understand their nutritional benefits for survival situations and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners learn simple methods to grow food in limited space without traditional soil beds, understand the basics of container selection, soil mixes, watering, and maintenance and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners learn how to sun-dry or air-dry harvested plants to extend shelf life, understand basic food safety during drying and storage and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners understand basic pickling techniques using vinegar/brine, learn simple fermentation methods (e.g., lacto-fermented vegetables) to preserve and enhance nutrients and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners learn makeshift storage solutions-root cellars, cool dark corners, clay pot "fridges.", understand techniques to maintain dryness, coolness, and cleanliness and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
This mission helps learners apply all learned concepts in a simulated urban scenario, reinforce safety, sustainability, and community cooperation and choose when to pause, involve a trusted adult or follow official guidance. The aim is confident judgement, not risky independence.
Review the supervision indicator before practical activities. Encourage learners to explain their reasoning and treat asking for help as a positive learning outcome.