To extend this lesson and involve their families, students will receive copies of the "Analyzing Frooty-Tooty Fruitsies" and "What's Your Serving Size" worksheets.
To extend this lesson and involve their families, students will also receive "Not so Fast ... Make a Game Plan for Eating Out" activity sheet and a "Stock Your Kitchen for Healthy Snacking" information sheet to share with their family.
Local plant expert Rich Pope will join us to teach us all about which plants are good for your garden, and which plants you should pull to help your garden thrive.
Lindsay Meylor, Horticulture Coordinator for the Woodbury County ISU Extension Office will provide us with valuable information about how certain flowers can benefit a vegetable garden. We will also be planting some flowers in beds around the Center!
Phil Breed, of the Siouxland Beekeepers Association will bring some of his tiny friends to help explain why pollination and bees are so important.
Millions of Americans live in a food desert, where there is plenty of food in their neighborhood, but none of it healthy. Together we will learn how we can change our own communities from food deserts into a food oasis.
How do you start a Community Garden somewhere else? Together we will learn what we can do in our community to establish and maintain a community garden.