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 | Nov 9, 2012 | Farmer-in-the-School Program, News, Sustainable Cape News
Vol. XX, No. 4, Fall 2012 When it comes to improving the health of our kids, we’re learning that the carrot-and-stick approach is not always best; the carrot-and-zucchini approach is better. That’s the thought behind a statewide Farm to School program that has shown...
