Luke Escombe and band the Vegetable Plot play earthy, roots music about earthy roots and vegetables in an attempt to make greens more enticing to children and adults alike.
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The band, described as the “Wiggles for the hipster generation” will take to QEII on Thursday.
“Our emphasis is on having fun with music,” Mr Escombe said.
“We’re creating adventure stories where kids are excited about discovering these vegetables.
“These are the tactics that companies are currently using to market sugary junk food to kids, we need to reclaim them and use them to promote healthy food.”
But Mr Escombe said the band isn’t just another playing children’s music that delights young ones and drives adults insane.
“Appreciation for good music was instilled in me early, but I never understood why children’s music had to be in a separate category,” he said.
“Children are capable of understanding so much more than we give them credit for.”
Mr Escombe said there was five fun ways to make children eat more vegetables and enjoy it.
- Keep it raw: Most children won’t even look at a carrot or a snow pea that’s been cooked, but they’ll happily munch a raw one.
- Grow your own: Nothing will excite the curiosity and imagination of your children like watching a seed they planted turn into a piece of food.
- Eat it yourself: There’s no point putting veggies on to your child’s plate if you don’t also heap them on to yours. Children tastes are shaped by the food culture they grow up in, and that culture starts at your dinner table and in your kitchen.
- Make sneaky soups and stews: Soups and stews are the perfect cover for some sneaky veggie smuggling. With some vegetables, it seems to be the look of them, rather than the taste, that puts children off.
- Listen to The Vegetable Plot: Children can’t walk through the fresh food section of the supermarket without singing about avocado or Spanish onion – the songs pop into their heads and this makes eating veggies more fun.
Digital journalists with The Border Mail.
Digital journalists with The Border Mail.
