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Trek Food Training & Meal Planning

Use these food committee trainings to understand how trek meals are planned, purchased, divided, distributed, and prepared. After watching the lessons, use the Instant Trek Meal Operations Planner to build your menu, feast plan, shopping list, and family distribution notes.

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Food Committee Training Videos

Lesson 1: How Trek Food Planning Works

Start here for the big-picture food committee workflow: planning, purchasing, dividing supplies, distribution, cooking models, and how the feast fits into the overall trek experience.

Ready to build your food plan?

After watching the training videos, open the Instant Trek Meal Operations Planner to create your trek menu, food committee notes, feast selections, shopping list, and family distribution plan.

Open Instant Trek Meal Operations Planner

Food Dashboard & Role Training Videos

Use these dashboard and role training videos to learn the food planning tools, the food dashboard workflow, the calculators, and the food committee responsibilities during trek week.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Food Planning Tools

Start here for a clear overview of the TrekHQ food planning tools and how they fit together for the food committee.

Food Committee Readiness Tracker

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Food Ready
Purpose: This is the food committee’s quick “are we actually ready?” check. It is not the director’s whole-trek readiness score — it only tracks food operations.

Food Committee Tools

Use these tools after training to move from “we understand the food job” to “we have the food job organized.” Keep this section focused on the food committee’s real planning work: meals, quantities, budget, distribution, coordination, and load-out.

Best workflow: Watch the training videos first, build the Meal Operations Planner next, use the Food Quantity Calculator to check amounts, then use distribution/progress/load-out tools as trek gets closer. Water belongs partly with logistics, but food should still coordinate water for cooking, drinking stations, cleanup, and feast operations.