Cook & Create Kits
Prairie Public Education Services has partnered with libraries across northwestern Minnesota to offer free Cook & Create Kits for families.
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About Cook & Create Kits
Prairie Public’s Cook & Create Kits celebrate the stories and flavors of local foods, farms, and family traditions. We invite families to enjoy cooking and creating together—many ingredients inside were made in Minnesota!
Each kit is free to check-out and includes a children's book, a recipe, locally-sourced ingredients, cooking utensils, and an activity packet. Kits can be found at select Minnesota libraries.
Explore All Kits and Recipes
Click the icons below to see what's inside each kit, explore the activities, and download the recipes.
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MN Food History Companion Curriculum Toolkit
Please use the LearningMedia classroom resources below to explore Minnesota's food history and environmental future with your students.
Human Impact on Native Prairie Land
Explore the history of the Minnesota prairie and the ways it has been shaped by both Indigenous communities who live in relationship with the land and by European settlers whose expansion has transformed the landscape to fit their needs.
Bison and Sustainability
Learn about bison ranching through the eyes on Dale Rengstorf, owner of Rolling R Ranch. Rengstorf discusses the historical roots of bison in his home of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, and explains how raising this native animal compares to the non-natives he has raised in the past. Students explore how place impacts land use, and how sustainability might combine with successful ranching.
Foraging in Minnesota
Learn how cultural traditions and relationships with the land shape the way communities use natural resources while caring for their environment.