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Exercise
Escape Room Online | Closer to Farm Project
A set of multilingual escape rooms that invite young people to step into the world of local farms, discover where food really comes from, and understand sustainability through play.
PLAY NOW: https://closertofarm.eu/escape-rooms/
Aims of the tool
- Bring young people closer to the origins of their food, helping them understand the journey from farm to table in a clear and engaging way.
- Promote awareness of sustainable and local food systems, showing how short food supply chains support farmers, communities, and the environment.
Encourage active citizenship and responsibility, inspiring young people to make conscious choices that positively impact nature and society.
- Foster empathy between consumers and farmers, highlighting real stories, challenges, and values behind sustainable agriculture.
- Use gamification and teamwork to make learning meaningful, transforming complex issues into playful, collaborative experiences.
- Support youth workers and educators, offering them innovative tools and approaches to discuss sustainability.
- Strengthen local identity and cultural heritage, helping participants rediscover regional products, traditions, and community ties.
Description of the tool
The escape rooms are designed as immersive, story-driven adventures where young people work together to solve puzzles, unlock clues, and move through challenges that reflect real-world situations in farming and food production. Before starting the game, participants read or watch short, accessible learning materials that introduce key topics such as sustainable agriculture, the role of local farmers, and the importance of choosing local products.
This preparation creates a common understanding, so when the game begins, players recognize the meaning behind what they see: the tools, the decisions, the challenges.
Players collaborate, discuss, imagine, question. They experience the value of food, not as something that simply appears on a supermarket shelf, but as the result of care, knowledge, tradition, and responsibility.
By the end, the goal is to leave with new questions, new awareness, and a stronger connection to the land and the people who nourish us.
PLAY NOW: https://closertofarm.eu/escape-rooms/
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Disclaimer
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5185
This tool is for
Youn People
and addresses
Environment
Materials needed:
Computer, Internet Connection
Duration:
1 hour
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Unknown.
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The tool was created in the context of
Closer to Farm Project (E+)
The tool has been experimented in
Events with young people
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Silvia Spano (on 9 December 2025)
and last modified
31 October 2025
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