Hosted by SALL , contributed by katerinar on 18 October 2023
Did you know how important olive oil is for our health? In this activity, we will investigate the nutritional habits of the students and mainly the
use of olive oil in their diet, as olive oil and olives are a local product. Afterwards, various actions can be organized such as healthy breakfast
with food recipes containing olive oil, recipe collection, cooking with oil cookies at school, etc., visits to the local olive press. This will be
followed by information from various agencies such as olive growers, agronomists, nutritionists, food technologists, either live or online,
simultaneously involving parents in all of this with the aim of increasing the use of olive oil in the families of our students and, above all,
including it in their daily diet.
Finally, an event will be organised, in which students will share the outcomes of their survey regarding olive oil production process, means
used to clean the oil mills and waste management.
Background
Did you know how important olive oil is for our health? In this activity, we will investigate the nutritional habits of the students and mainly the use of olive oil in their diet, as olive oil and olives are a local product.
Afterwards, various actions can be organized such as healthy breakfast with food recipes containing olive oil, recipe collection, cooking with oil cookies at school, etc., visits to the local olive press. This will be followed by information from various agencies such as olive growers, agronomists, nutritionists, food technologists, either live or online, simultaneously involving parents in all of this with the aim of increasing the use of olive oil in the families of our students and, above all, including it in their daily diet.
Finally, an event will be organized, on the topic of the value of olive oil in the Mediterranean diet and all stakeholders and parents will be invited to disseminate the results, a brochure/poster will be created with drawings, slogans of the students.
Aim
Students to realise the heath benefits of olive oil consumption and the envrironmental impact of waste management (during production)
Co-creation with societal actors
Take your students to a local olive oil producer to discuss about olive oil production process and health benefits.
Invite a nutritionist in class to exchange with students regarding the health benefits of olive oil consumption.
Ask the students to interview the olive oil producer about production process, types of oil olive and the products in which olive oil is contained.
Back to the classroom, ask students to discuss the findings based on the visit and/or interview.
Implementation
Use the discussion findings to collect products which include olive oil (students bring from home).
During a shared lunch, ask the students to discuss in groups about the impacts on health of consuming olive oil.
Ask your students to develop a digital infographic/poster with the main findings of olive oil consumption health benefits with the purpose of raising awareness about it.
Reflection
Ask feedback from the olive mill owner/nutriotionis to improve infographic.
Futurel Plans
Share the infographics with the school community, including teachers and families.