«The big questions start on a small scale»

Mrs Müller, what is the Slow Mobil and who is behind it?

The Slow Mobil is a mobile, modern school kitchen housed in a former construction trailer. Our kitchen teams use it to travel to schools and kindergartens throughout Switzerland to cook with children. The aim is to have fun together and inspire tomorrow's consumers to enjoy healthy and cleanly produced food.

Slow Mobil is a non-profit organisation in which volunteers from various professions are involved. They are all united by the desire to sensitise children and young people to sustainable and healthy eating.

What does a school assignment look like?

Together with the respective school, our kitchen team organises projects with different thematic focuses. The content is based on Curriculum 21 and addresses socially relevant topics such as biodiversity, climate change, food production and food waste.

We want to show children that the big questions start on a small scale - with what ends up on our plates every day. We do this in a playful way, for example by making pasta together, conjuring up delicious tarts and sweet waffles from leftovers and stale bread or reinventing the hot dog with carrots and extra toppings instead of sausage.

We also raise questions: What does it take for a carrot from the field to end up on our plate? What effort is involved, what value chains?

Which schools can take part?

Anyone who is enthusiastic about our idea. The costs are borne by our donors, sponsors and patrons. The school pays a contribution towards expenses where possible, but this is not a prerequisite. We don't just want to get involved in socially privileged areas, but also in places where sustainable nutrition is perhaps not such a big family issue.

More info: www.slowmobil.ch