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Growing food at school
At Oregon's Caesar Chavez Elementary School, kids learn about gardening, nature and making healthy food choices.
Mon, May 11 2009 at 12:10 PM
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Tana Burg, a teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary School, talks about the wisdom of teaching children how to grow food and how that affects their food choices positively. It's great inspiration for anyone considering starting a garden with kids ... at home or at school.
Need some help getting started? Check out MNN food blogger Robin Shreeves' weekly adventures in gardening with her family. Or head over to MNN's Gardening & Landscaping page for tons of great articles on what, why and how to plant. And our Green Your School channel has dozens of great ideas.
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O.S.U extension service also goes into Cesar Chavez and teaches nutrition classes. I have personally taught quite a few for there school. Gardens are great but getting kids to eat the food out of it is most important!
Getting kids involved in food at a young age is hands-down one of the smartest things adults can support to foster a love of fruits and vegetables. Another Portland-area school, Raleigh Hills Elementary has a hunger garden that the children grow vegetables in for local families and food relief agencies. We recently helped them clear the weeds and get their raised beds ready for spring. It was great to see so many kids out there, eager to help!
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