Entries Tagged as 'school gardens'
Students at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School were so swept away with the idea of growing their own food that they decided to film a documentary about how kids can change the way they eat. What may have been most telling about a screening of the film last night was the way the […]
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Tags:school gardens·school lunches
April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Suddenly it’s raining every day. Too wet to plant things outdoors. But a perfect time to get things started in seed trays in the classroom. I read three times a week to one of the classes at my daughter’s charter school and in spring our attention turns to the garden. Sprouting seeds is always a […]
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Tags:beans·school gardens·seed starting
March 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
The garden and food blogs are all atwitter with news that Michelle Obama will be installing a food garden at the White House. Apparently I was outnumbered in my argument against the garden on grounds that President Obama should think about food policy for the whole nation before he started feeding the First Family produce […]
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Tags:kitchen gardens·Obama·school gardens·white house