by | Apr 22, 2015 | Feature Your School
Studies have shown that when kids have the opportunity to take part in hands-on gardening and nutrition education is coupled with it, then those kids are likely to have better attitudes about eating healthy foods. For students in the Garden Club at Veterans Elementary...
by | Mar 4, 2015 | Feature Your School
With just under a month before the deadline, school gardens are encouraged to enter the Florida Farm to School Golden Shovel Awards. Among the 25 school garden sites across elementary, middle and high schools in the Pasco County School District, there are bound to be...
by | Feb 18, 2015 | Feature Your School
The school garden at Lacoochee Elementary School allows students to do hands-on gardening after school. Last Wednesday their weekly Garden Club meeting was supplemented with a lesson on healthy eating. Team Nutrition met with the group of second and third grade...
by | Jan 21, 2015 | Feature Your School
Orange, green and purple. Yes, they are colors in a rainbow but they are also colored varieties of cauliflower- according to one 3rd grader at Gulfside Elementary School. She was one of 13 third graders in Mr. Ken Leonard’s class who had their pick of what to plant in...
by | Jan 7, 2015 | Feature Your School
The goal of the federal Smart Snack Standards is to promote a healthier school environment. We have several Pasco County Schools who are exceeding in this area. We would like to recognize the following schools for their efforts; Fox Hollow Elementary School’s Garden...
