Developing a program which makes the cultivation of strawberries a means of fostering interest and awareness towards food.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K12740
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Kato Motoshi 山口県立大学, 看護栄養学部, 准教授 (60336930)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 森山 結香 山口県立大学, 看護栄養学部, 助手 (80737958) ; 山崎 あかね 山口県立大学, 看護栄養学部, 准教授 (20364127) ; 乃木 章子 山口県立大学, 看護栄養学部, 教授 (90312305)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 食育 / 専門家市民 / 体験活動 / 農園見学 / イチゴ栽培 / ワークブック / 栄養学 / 実験

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed at development, implementation and evaluation of a food education program for children in the community by utilizing expertise of academics, strawberry farmers and nutritionists.This two year program, (First phase: farm tours, Second phase: jam making experience , Third phase: a nutrition experimental program and an initiative based on a notebook for the continuous farming of strawberries in their homes.)will help children understand the importance of food and learn to appreciate all the people related to the food production chain; Thus raising their awareness of all the nutrition related characteristics of many foods and fostering their interest and awareness of food within their daily lives.

Free Research Field

基礎栄養学