by Francie Randolph | Apr 9, 2014 | Blog, Farmer-in-the-School Program
How Small Things grow into Big Change There’s something about small hands with little seeds that bring on big smiles. Children’s gardens are magical places – places of learning, excitement and joy. For kids – and adults lucky enough to...
by Francie Randolph | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog, Children's Community Garden, Farmer-in-the-School Program
IN AN (ORGANIC) NUTSHELL Envisioning Change Our premise is simple. We’ve seen that if kids grow food, they’ll try it and eat the goodness they’ve grown. Yes to spinach. Yes to pea shoots, to carrots, to edible flowers. Yes to kale chips! It’s this enthusiasm for...
by Francie Randolph | Mar 30, 2014 | Blog, Farmer-in-the-School Program
We’ve got a secret weapon and her name is Farmer Stephanie. She is the most fun carrot-topped farm girl you could ever hope to meet. And not only is she one of the three founders of the Truro Agricultural Fair but she is an educational wonder in the classroom,...
by Francie Randolph | Mar 30, 2014 | Blog, Children's Community Garden
Making vegetables fun for kids… if we get them outside playing in the dirt and watching the miracle of a tiny seed, tended and cared for, growing into delicious food, well it just sort of happens. Lots of laughter, playing “Tag, We’re Fit!”...
by Francie Randolph | Nov 6, 2013 | Blog, Children's Community Garden, Uncategorized
Children love permission to get dirty. Gardening provides ample happily-sanctioned opportunities to do just that. In our cleanliness obsessed, germ-phobic world, the chance for kids to play in the dirt are far too few and far between. If it were up to us, every kid...
by Francie Randolph | Aug 6, 2013 | News, Sustainable Cape News, Truro Educational Farmers' Market
By Gus Schumacher, Executive VP Wholesome Wave, August 6, 2013 My wife and I stopped by almost too late at Cape Cod’s newest farmers’ market in Truro on July 28th, as some 600 shoppers had already purchased most of the products by 11 am. Francie Randolph and her team...
