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School Garden Week In D.C.

October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · kids

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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Starting Beans

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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White House to Veg Garden with School Kids

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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