by INFORUM
Food for thought: Grants plant seeds for good nutrition
May 20, 2010 at 4:33 am in INFORUM
“I think I’m getting too old for this,” third-grader Lauren Shekore announced as she shoveled soil onto the roots of an apple sapling in Moorhead’s Ellen Hopkins Elementary yard.
Classmate Bethany Nelson said her tae kwon do training helped with the physical rigors of gardening. Both agreed the exertion was worth it: Supermarket apples will have nothing on the school crop. Continue reading…
This is such a great project and I hope grows just like the kids’ outdoor learning, the schools’ education techniques and their love for the outdoors. This is a good start and I have plans to take it further. I have plans to start a local Wild Ones Chapter where a portion of dues is kept right here in the Red River Valley and all the fund raising we do will go towards projects like the National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitat Program, Community Gardens and Native landscaping to beautify our area.
Kudos to those who are involved and let’s get more programs like this started in our area!
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