Ever hear the dictum, Eat Your Colors? The reasoning is that colorful fruits and vegetables contain various nutrients that are vital for good health. According to Wellness Today: Green foods contain chlorophyll; Yellow foods are rich in Vitamin C; Orange foods are high in beta-carotene; Red foods are rich in the phytonutrients lycopene and anthocyanin; […]
If you want to attract something like this, a swallowtail butterfly, your going to have to put up with caterpillars, which are swallowtails in the larva stage. Caterpillars can do enormous damage to a vegetable garden. They are voracious eaters. In this photo the host plant is a 3 foot fennel bush. This particular specie […]
Diggin It! is a Middle School Nutrition and Garden Curriculum created by Nutritionist & Certified Health Coach, Jill Parsh. This 100+ page pdf is available as a free download by simply clicking the link above. As owner of Food for Health, LLC Jill works with kids and families (one-on-one and in groups) to teach them how […]
Job Opening: Director Position, Seeds to Plate Program at Mark Twain Middle School, Los Angeles, CA About Us The Seeds to Plate Program aims to create and maintain a school garden that is integrated into the academic environment, promote a healthy food culture, nurture physical and mental well-being, and provide hands-on gardening and eating experiences for […]
By Ben Eichorn of GrowYourLunch.com (Reprinted with permission) School lunch continues to be a hot topic these days. At the end of September, The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was up for re-authorization and voting was postponed until December 2015. For now, the 5-year-old standards for increasing fruit, vegetable and whole grain consumption and reducing […]
What captures the interest of students? FOOD! Yes, food can be used to engage students in inquiry-based science — really! The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in collaboration with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have created Science and Our Food Supply, an innovative, interactive supplementary curriculum for use in middle level and high school […]
Show Me The Green is a new children’s book by DS Venetta that teaches gardening in a “novel” way. It is intended for a middle-grade audience but can be enjoyed by a much wider age group. The story revolves around a sister-brother team, Lexi and Jason Williams, who are determined to win the First Annual Garden Contest […]