by Susie McDonald | Dec 15, 2015 | Articles
A new study has found that kids choose more vegetables in the lunch line than when the salad bar is away from the line. “We were surprised, not that there was a difference in amounts of fruits and vegetables that students took and consumed, but by the size of the... by Pat Wyman | Oct 25, 2014 | Articles
The skies may be gray and the weather wet, windy, and nasty, but one school has discovered that vegetable gardens excite elementary students. They love the actual tasks of working in the garden, and take pride in the healthy and tasty harvest. Fourth, fifth, and sixth... by Louis Brems | Sep 8, 2014 | Articles
It’s a new experience for kids cooking with school garden ingredients, as they learn too cook, mix, measure, chop, and prepare fresh produce they have harvested themselves. For example, the strong odor of onions in the cafeteria of McKinley Elementary School in... by Tom Karst | Sep 7, 2014 | Articles
A new USDA program helps schools purchase locally grown produce, boosting local control of food purchases for school districts. Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon said last summer that eight states that have yet to be determined will be granted flexibility for...
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