Pacific School Food Talanoa | 2nd – 4th June 2026
Pacific School Food Talanoa 2026 — shaping stronger, healthier, and more resilient school food systems for Pacific children.
Do you know someone helping shape the future of food in Melanesia?
Across Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia, the Torres Strait, and West Papua (Eastern Indonesia), inspiring people are quietly transforming the way communities grow food, conserve biodiversity and adapt to a changing climate.
To encourage innovation and build a productive and strong food system for Melanesia, TerraCircle is launching its Innovator Award 2026.
TerraCircle is particularly looking to highlight Indigenous innovators, women, youth and grassroots leaders whose contributions deserve wider recognition.
If you know someone making a difference in — agricultural biodiversity • climate-resilient agriculture, or • monitoring, evaluation and learning …now is the time to shine a light on their work.
Share in a total prize pool of AUD $9,000, recognising outstanding grassroots innovation across Melanesia.
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In the Solomon Islands we recommend food for the day to include:
- 25% body building foods [proteins] — lean meat, fish, chicken, eggs, dried beans, nuts and milk
- 25% energy foods [carbohydrates] — rice, bread, locally grown root crops like yam, cassava, taro, sweet potato
- 50% protective foods [fruits and vegetables] — 2 fruits and 5 vegetables — locally grown fruit and vegetable like leafy greens, tomato, cucumber, capsicum, papaya, ripe bananas.
We produce this from our home sup sup gardens, our bush gardens, our lagoons and the sea. We cook it for our families using the recipes in Heiti Kaikai Cookbook.
Helti Kaikai was published by Kastom Gaden Assoc. and World Vision Solomon Islands in 2025 and designed by TerraCircle.
This project was supported by the TerraCircle Microgrant programme…
Inside, you’ll find 55 healthy recipes designed to prevent and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes a disease that affects nearly 30% of the Marshall Islands population.
Recipes were contributed by students, teachers, PSS educators, Canvasback Wellness staff, and reviewed by Assoc. Professor Sarah Burkhart (University of Sunshine Coast, Australia).
This cookbook is more than recipes, it’s about gardening, growing fresh food, and promoting healthy habits in schools and communities across RMI. It encourages us to move, eat well, and connect with the land for stronger, healthier futures.
Healthy Futures was published by Canvasback Wellness Centre, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2025.
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