This month marks the second anniversary of the program, which has grown to encompass more than 80 schools nationally.

Educating primary school children about the food cycle, the program builds a link between the garden, the kitchen and the table, from growing and harvesting to preparing and sharing food.

At Wendouree Primary School, grades two to six take part in the program. Each week the pupils spend an hour in the school's garden and one-and-a-half hours in the kitchen with two part-time specialist staff.

In the garden the children use organic gardening principles to grow fruit, vegetables, flowers and herbs from seeds.

Wendouree Primary School's garden specialist for the program, Gayl Morrow, said the children learn everything from compost to harvesting.

"The program gives the children an appreciation of where food comes from and the process from spade to fork," Ms Morrow said.

Kitchen specialist Mary Dinning teaches the pupils to prepare and share a variety of meals created from their produce.

She said the program taught life skills such as growing and cooking food and cleaning up afterwards.