Kids cook with Big Flavors

Mass production, food processing, and microwave meals have removed much of the old fashioned flavors our great grandparents achieved by cooking from whole foods. When kids grow an organic raised bed veggie garden, they can rediscover the big flavors of cooking organic produce from scratch. Herbs: Kids can add health and flavor to every meal…

Kids Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Some ancient, still growing, Mediterranean olive trees are said to be over 3,000 years old. Olive trees can endure drought, freeze, and are pest resistant, making them nearly immortal. Another reason for the long life of the olive tree is that the leaf contains oleuropein, an antimicrobial, as well as flavonoids that fight infection. Because…

Young Organic Farmers

A growing number of young people are leaving desk jobs to start small local organic farms. Several state and local policy changes have made small scale organic farming sustainable and accessible to young gardeners farming on 2 or 3 acres of land. Today, 70% of the young farmers have gone to college and studied various…

Kids Step Up for the Planet

Kids can help preserve our country’s natural beauty and the Earth’s resources by choosing to create sustainable habits in their daily lives. Kids can be kind to the environment by growing their own organic raised veggie bed garden. Organic gardening improves the soil, air, and water in the garden, as it uplifts the spirit, renews…

Kids Store Veggies

Kids can store the harvest of organic veggies from their backyard raised bed garden in a way that extends their freshness. Kids should store tomatoes at room temperature; with an abundant harvest, kids can roast or cook them and make tomato sauce and salsa to can or freeze. After harvesting garlic and onions, kids can…

Kids Feed their Brain

The brain’s evolution took place over millions of years and our early ancestors ate 98% vegetarian. What kids eat affects their brain. Plant food provides brain essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, good carbohydrates, good fats, and lean protein for today’s dementia free centenarians. The dietary fiber in vegetables, as well as in grains, legumes, and berries,…

Kids Family Table

Kids can eat fresh food harvested from the garden as the seasons naturally bring forth fruits and veggies each year. This simplest, most delicious, purest form of food is available when kids grow their food in a raised bed garden at home or in a community garden. Families can also obtain organic food through local…

Kids love Bread

White bread is an industrial processed food, packed with over two dozen ingredients and chemical additives, that has played an important role in politics, diet, culture, race, class, immigration, and gender. In early 20th Century America, it was widely believed that only savage peoples and unwashed immigrants ate dense, dark bread. White bread is the…

Kids visit the Farm

Kids and their families can visit McGrath Organic Farm in Camarillo the first Saturday of every month, 10 am – 12pm, and volunteer in the fields for the Abundant Table CSA to learn about ecological justice, environment stewardship, and farm education. The Abundant Table offers several innovative, farm based programs for public schools and school-aged…

Kids Organic Superfoods

Superfoods are healthy foods that are nutrient dense, jam packed with vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber, healthy fats, and phytonutrients. When kids eat a rainbow of brightly colored organic fruits and veggies that they have grown in their raised bed veggie garden, they obtain a broad variety of nutrients as each vivid color is a different…