The seed for LiFE was planted in the 1970s when Joan Gussow, EdD, Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition Education Emeritus brought the perspective of food system study to Teachers College. Through a collaboration between the Science Education and Nutrition Education programs in 1996, LiFE began with the simple goal of developing a science curriculum that would educate children about food systems. Since then, the LiFE program has grown and expanded to include the interplay of biology, personal behavior, and the present food system and technological environment that encourages over-consumption and sedentary behavior. It is our hope that LiFE will enhance students’ personal motivation and competence and increase their ability to create healthful personal environments.
