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Food Plant Solutions helps people learn about and grow the best local foods to match their nutritional needs. It's sustainable and proven.

Food Plant Solutions (incorporating Learn Grow)

IMAGINE: if you could, a world that was free of chronic malnutrition. The Food Plant Solutions project was designed to address malnutrition through the use of readily available and local food sources. We create educational publications that help people understand the connection between plant selection and nutrition, and empower them to grow a range of highly nutritious plants with differing seasonal requirements and maturities. We identity food plants that are potentially important for a country or region because they are suited to the environment, they are high in nutrients and they grow with minimal inputs. This is a self-sustainable solution that empowers people in need, not just for now, but into the future.

12/10/2026

In a garden, beside a field or at a local market, a nutritious food plant can be hiding in plain sight.

The problem is not always that food cannot grow.

Sometimes, people simply do not have access to information about which local plants are nutritious, how to grow them or how to use them.

That is where Food Plant Solutions comes in.

We turn science-backed plant information into practical resources focused on opportunity crops suited to local conditions.

It is food security through education, helping communities make more of what can already grow around them.

Share this with someone who believes knowledge can change what is possible.

05/10/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹

It helps provide something different.

Knowledge.

Food Plant Solutions fights malnutrition through education, not food handouts.

We take scientific information about nutrient-rich opportunity crops and turn it into free resources designed for communities, caregivers and partner organisations.

Once shared, that information does not disappear after one meal.

It can be used again. Taught again. Shared with another family.

That is why we believe education belongs at the centre of lasting food security.

Australian donations to Food Plant Solutions are tax deductible.

Support the mission and help keep this knowledge free.

28/09/2026

A local organisation already knows the language, the culture and the challenges facing its community.

Food Plant Solutions does not arrive pretending to know better.

We partner with in-country organisations to adapt science-backed food plant information to local needs.

Our resources focus on opportunity crops, nutrient-rich plants already suited to the region, and turn that information into practical educational materials.

That combination matters.

Local knowledge plus strong scientific information can create resources people recognise, understand and use.

If your organisation works in nutrition, agriculture, education or food security, we would love to explore what we could do together.

21/09/2026

In 2007, a Rotary connection in Devonport, Tasmania helped plant the seed for something much bigger.

Food Plant Solutions grew from a partnership between Rotary and the Food Plants International database.

The idea was practical: take scientific knowledge about highly nutritious food plants and turn it into information communities could use.

Today, FPS supports 60 countries and has produced over 270 publications.

Rotary has been part of this story from the beginning, and Rotarians can help write the next chapter.

Become a Rotarian Champion and help put practical nutrition education into more hands.

https://foodplantsolutions.org/membership/

14/09/2026

A caregiver opens a guide and finds information about nutritious plants that can grow in local conditions.

That simple moment is what Food Plant Solutions is built around.

We turn scientific plant information into free, plain-language resources that communities can actually use.

One resource can be shared across families, schools and community groups. That makes the model low-cost and scalable by design.

Today, FPS supports 60 countries with over 270 published resources.

Your donation helps keep that knowledge accessible.

Support the mission and help grow global nutrition solutions.

07/09/2026

A food security project should still be useful after the project team has gone home.

That is at the heart of Food Plant Solutions.

We help communities identify and use nutrient-rich opportunity crops that are already suited to their local conditions. Our resources are practical and backed by science.

There are no ongoing food shipments to depend on. The knowledge stays in the community and can be shared again and again.

For organisations looking for practical social impact, that matters.

Food security through education is not a short-term intervention. It is knowledge people can keep.

Could this approach have a place in your organisation’s ESG or community impact program?

https://foodplantsolutions.org/esg/

31/08/2026

Food security is not just about producing more food.

Our food systems are interconnected. What happens in agriculture, the environment, communities, and nutrition can influence one another and understanding these connections is increasingly important as we face climate and social changes.

A recent study using Australia as a case study explored these interconnections through quantitative network analysis, identifying climate change and socio-demographic changes among the key influential drivers of the food system.

For Food Plant Solutions, this broader food-systems perspective is particularly interesting because improving nutrition isn’t only about what is on the plate. It is also about knowledge, agriculture, local food resources and the resilience of the systems that support communities.

How can we better connect the different parts of our food systems to build healthier and more resilient communities?

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-026-01702-4.pdf ]

24/08/2026

Approximately 9.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding women were acutely malnourished across 21 countries/territories in 2025.

AND:

266 million people in 47 countries/territories faced high levels of acute food insecurity.

Malnourished mothers = malnourished babies.

Malnourished babies = increased risk of stunting.

Stunting = lifelong physical, cognitive, and economic damage

35,500+ edible plants globally

Every country has 100's, many 1000's of edible plants known to grow in them.

Empowerment through education = informed choices, sustainability, climate-resilient food production, community development.

How? Food Plant Solutions.

17/08/2026

𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭.

In Burundi, Eden Stream Foundation Burundi has translated the Food Plant Solutions field guide, 𝑃𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖, into Kirundi.

The guide brings together practical information on approximately 40 highly nutritious local food plants, including:
• how to grow and use them
• which parts are edible
• the key nutrients they contain
• why those nutrients matter for human health

Making this information available in a widely understood local language does more than improve access to a publication.
It helps communities make informed decisions about what to grow and eat, supports greater diet diversity, strengthens local capability, and encourages the use of local biodiversity within more climate-resilient food systems.

Praxedis in Zimbabwe captured the significance of this work:
“Transforming complex botanical knowledge into the local language puts life-changing information directly into the hands of the people who need it most.
By championing local, highly nutritious crops, this initiative honours traditional agricultural wisdom while providing a practical, sustainable blueprint to combat malnutrition and boost food security from the ground up.”

This is what locally relevant nutrition knowledge can make possible and why translation is such an important part of turning scientific information into a resource communities can use.

Where could greater access to practical, local food plant knowledge strengthen the work your organisation is already doing?

12/08/2026

Food Plant Solutions is unique because it offers a practical way to help address food insecurity without needing to reinvent the wheel.

FPS is compelling because it:
𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬

The nutritious, climate-resilient food plants already exist in many communities. FPS helps make that knowledge accessible, understandable and usable.

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲

FPS resources can continue being used in homes, schools, health programs, agriculture projects and community organisations long after they are created.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

It is not just about growing food. FPS resources explain which local plants are nutritious, how they can be grown and used, and why their nutrients matter for human health.

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

FPS does not replace local organisations or deliver programs on the ground. It equips partners with practical resources they can use within their own work.

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

Because FPS works through a cost-recovery model and does not duplicate local program delivery, funding helps create resources that can be used by multiple partners and communities.

𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐒𝐆 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬

For businesses, foundations and donors, FPS offers a tangible way to support food security, nutrition, climate resilience, biodiversity, education and community development.

𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞

FPS has resources for 60 countries, a three-year MoU with World Vision International, has presented at a WFP forum in Rome alongside FAO, IFAD and Rotary International, and is already used by partners working in food security and development.

Address

6181 Frankford Road
Devonport, TAS
7310

Telephone

+61409412837

Website

http://www.foodplantsolutions.org/

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