Teens can make a difference to improve air, water, and soil pollution by choosing local organic products. Individual choices can make a concrete difference in climate change. Many teens, who are not vegans, are choosing plant based veggie burgers, and burritos at many chain restaurants which now have vegan options, like Veggie Grill’s Luxe Burger…
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Teens Saving the Earth
With rising salaries and expanding opportunities in the field of environmental conservation, now is the time teens can be apart of saving the Earth and building a sustainable future on the planet. Teens can prepare for a career in renewable energy that rewards them with personal satisfaction, as they feel they are doing something ethical…
Kid Chef Blueberry Tarts
Organic blueberries are a super food, being antibacterial, heart and brain healthy, and high in antioxidants, fiber, and vitamins; they sweep away free radicals! Eating fresh organic blueberries can improve learning capacity and motor skills needed for school. Blueberries are perennials, native to North America, that like cooler climates and few pests or diseases affect…
Kids in the Kitchen
Kids can find fun and happiness cooking in the kitchen and growing food in the garden. With all the violence in TV, movies, and electronic games and all the commercials promoting junk food, parents struggle to show kids a healthier lifestyle. American Academy of Pediatrics advise limiting kids’ screen time to less than two…
Kids Renewable Energy
Every cell in a kid’s body needs energy to work. This energy comes from the food counted in calories that is eaten and digested by stomach fluids and is turned into glucose to power the cells in a kid’s body. This food energy is renewable when kids eat another meal. Much of the food today…
Kids can Change the World
When kids are busy in the garden and in the kitchen, they experience the here and now in the living present. Kids are more aware of insects and birds, the sun and wind, aromas and flavors, when they are tending their own organic fruit and veggie garden. Kids find adventures and make discoveries everyday rooting…
Kids Happy Eating
Kids can find happy eating when they anticipate a favorite home cooked meal with their grandma, taste the perfectly prepared dish made she made with love, and enjoy the satisfying feeling of fullness afterwards. Good food is one of life’s greatest enjoyments and studies have shown that eating fresh organic fruits and veggies can increase…
Kids make a Scarecrow
Scarecrows, like Dorothy’s friend in the “Wizard of Oz”, have been around since people started to farm.To keep birds from eating their crops, ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks made statues of their harvest gods and set them in the fields to protect their food. Over time, different countries made different kinds of scarecrows. In Germany,…
Kids Ferment the Harvest
Fermentation is a healthy way to preserve foods, converting the starches to be more digestible and introducing living probiotic cultures into our guts to help absorb more of the food’s nutrients. Microbes are everywhere in the environment, floating in the atmosphere, in the oceans, soil, and in our guts. When leaves fall in the forest,…
Kids use a Pastry Bag
Kids can use a pastry bag to cover a cake with icing, decorate a cake, and make candies and desserts. Find a pastry bag that is durable, reusable, easy to clean, and comes in a kit with different size round and star piping tips. Kids can use piping tips with the pastry bag to create…
Cooking Magic for Kids 