Eating a Rainbow

Week Five:  Nutrition

Lesson: This week in the garden we had a guest speaker, Megan Hartshorne, a nutrition consultant for LBUSD. Megan taught the kids about the variety of produce that is available in the winter, including citrus, root vegetables, and squash. The kids got to try different colored carrots, roasted butternut squash, blood oranges, grapefruit and navel oranges. Next time you're shopping, why not pick up some purple carrots, a pomelo instead of a grapefruit, or make "spaghetti" from squash? It's fun for kids to try different varieties of common foods.

To learn more, check out Agriculture in the Classroom.


Thanks to Alison for bringing organic oatmeal cookies for snack!

Garden: We fed out worms again today. They got rotten cauliflower, carrots, brussels sprouts, and mushrooms. Thanks to Chanel for bring an avocado peel to throw in as well.

Volunteer: We are looking for parents, grandparents, residents to help us build rabbit-proof fencing for the garden. It is critical to stop them from eating everything we plant! Please let me know if you can lend a hand. The workday will take place on a Saturday morning this spring. Date TBD.