The winners of our first schools contest chose a Farm to School program and have had a blast with it this spring! Check out their video for inspiration, and hurry to rally sign ups
Tag Archives: Veggies
Calling all kids: Plant creatively this spring!
April 25, 2011 – 9:49 pm
Check out this cool kids gardening contest from one of Root 4 Kids’ fantastic supporters, Truck Farm!
Resource: What is the USDA’s proposed rule on nutrition standards for school meals all about?
March 24, 2011 – 10:09 pm
Have you shown your support for the USDA’s proposed rule on raising nutrition standards in school meals? If not, and you’d like additional background, take a few minutes to review this fantastic resource, released today by the National Farm to School Network.
What’s in season? Easy tools we love.
March 22, 2011 – 8:57 pm
For many of us, choosing in-season vegetables and fruits is a healthy food goal. But, unless you grew up gardening, it’s not always easy to know what you should be looking for! Talking to growers at your local Farmer’s Market is a wonderful way to get an understanding of what’s growing right now in your local area, but we also like these web-based tools. Here are our favorite seasonal-eating picks.
Veggie Spotlight: Artichokes
March 21, 2011 – 6:55 pm
Artichokes are an edible flower, the edible part being the bud bottom (the artichoke is often picked before it has a chance to flower because the flower isn’t edible). Edible artichokes originate from the Mediterranean, but were discovered by the ancient Romans centuries before.
Rosytta E.’s Story
January 15, 2011 – 12:22 am
MY FAMILY HAS STARTED TO PLANT A FRUIT AND VEGGIE GARDEN IN MY HOUSE, THE PLANTS CONSISTS OF PAPAYA, LEMON, CHILE, MELON, MANGO, AND BEANS, MY DAD HAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED US TO EAT THE VEGGIES IN OUR PLATES AND ESSPCIALLY THE FRUITS. ALTHOUGH I DISLIKE CARROTS I PLEDGE TO EAT MORE, AND EVEN PLANT SOME [...]
Fairfield School, Portland, OR
December 15, 2010 – 10:51 pm
Our school currently participates in a Farms to Schools program. Every day, the students get a fresh fruit or veggie to try. They have tasted everything from cranberries and limes to starfruit, kiwi berries, snap peas, and okra. Most of the time, they are being introduced to a fruit or vegetable that they have never [...]
Village School, Eugene, OR
December 15, 2010 – 10:47 pm
In my son’s 3rd grade class they have visited two organic farms this year and are studying not only about the planting of different foods, but also where our food is coming from. They have about 4 or 5 raised beds outside of their classroom, and they have weeded them, put some “to bed” for [...]
Ellen Z.’s Story
December 15, 2010 – 10:41 pm
This year was a good tomato year, and we canned over 200-quarts. In our backyard, we grow tomatoes, asparagus, lettuce, carrots, onions, leeks, peppers, Swiss chard, kale, collards, green beans, bush beans, turnips, beets, strawberries, raspberries, eggplant, rutabaga, butternut squash, summer squash, thyme, sage, rosemary, and oregano. My husband orders seeds from a catalog and [...]
River Homelink, Camas, WA
December 15, 2010 – 10:38 pm
Our school has a k-12 gardening program that helps families learn about square foot gardening, composting and worm bins. Even children as young as 5 can have their own garden and plant what they want. Nothing encourages children to try new things like growing it themselves!
