Kids Farm to School

October is national Farm to School month, when schools around the country celebrate local food sources. Farm to School programs connect schools with local farms to provide fresh, in season, organic produce for school meals. The programs include farm tours, food education, cooking classes, taste testing, school gardens, and composting. School lunches can be greatly…

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 Perennial Food Garden

Families can create an edible landscape in their suburban yard and take a big step towards sustainability. Especially in southern and central California which has a mild climate well suited to growing perennial veggies and abundant varieties of fruits and nuts. In the picture above, kids and parents volunteer in a school garden filled with…

Kids Garden Tower Project

The ultimate patio farm is the Garden Tower Project, where kids can grow 50 plants in four square feet. Easy to assemble, my dog and I put it together and had it planted in a couple of hours. Plants grow faster in the Garden Tower because they are protected in their own special microclimate with…

Kids Bento Lunch Box

Once a Japanese culinary hobby, the Bento lunch box has caught imaginations around the world. Kids and parents can create food art with healthy edible ingredients in lunch boxes. These yummy balanced meals are visually appealing with their cute character ideas and bright colors. Bento boxes are a fun way to pack to-go meals, banish…

School Garden Volunteers

School gardens are outdoor classrooms where kids can experience the miracle of life and learn history, science, and math with practical applications. Most schools have a patch of dirt that can be set aside for a garden and even a greenhouse. A sunny school wall can be fitted with vertical garden to grow herbs, flowers,…

Kids Cooking Class

Kids can sign up for a fun cooking class at their local park and recreation center or YMCA and learn basic skills, like following a recipe and using kitchen equipment safely. Cooking classes inspire kids to try new foods, as kids want to eat what they have prepared. There are many great cookbooks for kids…

Kids Edible Campus

School gardens give kids not only food, but exercise, science projects, and the connection to what is alive on the planet around us.  Kids can start an organic school garden with a few herbs in pots by the classroom door. With teacher and parent support, kids can expand their garden by growing veggies and fruit…

Kids as Life Gardeners

Today, kids are technologically addicted and nature deprived.  Kids can plant a healthy life by growing an organic raised bed garden in a patio, school, or community garden. The girl in the picture loves her school garden and is off to water her adopted peach tree. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World…

Kids Cook the Harvest

Instead of starting with a recipe and gathering the ingredients, kids that grow an organic veggie garden in containers on the patio or in a school or community garden, can start with their harvest from the garden and look for a recipe that goes with their ingredients. The healthiest, best tasting ingredients for any recipe…