All About Apples
Learn about apples and test your graphing skills.
Veggie & Fruit Activities Your Kids Will Love
Discover the amazing science behind the food we use to power our minds and bodies.
Together with GrowingGreat, we’ve co-created lessons on nutrition with a focus on literacy and scientific inquiry to help your kids understand the science of healthy eating. Try these easy, fun activities for children 5 to 10 years old in your own kitchen. They’re perfect for a family night or some weekend fun. And you can eat your experiments! Dig in below to explore the goodness of fruits and veggies.
Beans in a Bag
Learn how to grow beans anywhere.
Carbohydrates: From Harvest to Table
Explore how different carbohydrates are transformed from harvest to your table.
Crunching on Celery
Learn how we can stay hydrated and healthy… like plants!
Dissecting a Seed
Discover the parts of a seed and learn how they grow.
Learning About Fats
Understand about the different kinds of fats in our bodies and in the kitchen.
Fruit or Vegetable?
Use scientific definitions to classify a fruit or a vegetable.
Graphing Groceries
Learn about reading food labels to help you shop.
Pick Your Pears
See how these colorful pears are similar and different.
Planting in the Kitchen
Learn to grow new plants from your veggie and fruit scraps.
Powerful Proteins
Learn more about protein and how it feeds your body.
Roots, Stems, Leaves
Explore how to reuse old containers to plant seeds at home.
5 Senses
Use your senses to explore these herbs.
Seed Sleuths
Explore what’s in your fruits and veggies to make them similar and different.
Smoothie Lesson
Make a delicious smoothie and use your senses to test it out.
Seed to Can Journey
Explore the science of canning fruit.
Thirsty People, Thirsty Plants
Create your own fruit drink and learn how to grow new veggies from old!
Three Sisters Garden
Design a pot to grow corn, green beans and zucchini together.
Del Monte & GrowingGreat
GrowingGreat is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California with the mission to empower children to make healthy food choices through hands-on science and garden education.
Del Monte has partnered with GrowingGreat since 2019 to increase the organization's national reach through the activation of science centers, children's museums, zoo and school partnerships in addition to collaborations with Mount Diablo and Los Angeles Unified School Districts.
Together, these programs help students to understand the science behind how their bodies take in nutrition, and the fun science of food. Watch here to learn more about their amazing work.
Our Commitment to Accessible Nutrition
At Del Monte, we believe our future is shaped by the choices we make, no matter how small. According to our 2020 State of Healthy Eating in America Study, 1 in 3 Americans say they were never taught about healthy food options and 25% do not feel they know enough about nutrition to ensure they maintain a healthy diet. That’s why we’re partnering with GrowingGreat to expand hands-on nutrition for K-12 students across the U.S.
We know healthy eating can fuel young minds and bodies, and that adequate consumption to power kids’ smarts means going beyond the nutrition provided in school lunches to include lifelong learning for better choices.