by Carl BR Johnson
June 7, 2013
Photo by Carl BR Johnson — Teacher Karen Fraser, and students, Makenna Aven and Ethan Halberson, were getting dirty at the community gardens planting pumpkins and peas.
Students from Crescent Park Elementary got some support from the City to plant their own fruits and vegetables in the local community gardens.
“We’re teaching the kids about where their food comes from,” said Kayla Boyd, an eco advisor for the Northern Environmental Action Team (NEAT), also an Environmental Science student at Acadia University in Nova Scotia.
“Through this program, we’re hoping that the kids learn how important it is to eat local to reduce pollution and support their own communities.”
According to Boyd, the City-funded program was designed to get the kids interested in gardening and planting local to encourage healthy eating in an effort to reduce pollution
She said the final week of the program has gone well for her as she said many of the kids enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Fresh produce, from your backyard or community garden is preferable to buying vegetables from the supermarket, said Boyd.
However, she is more concerned that the younger generations may be getting too used to eating packaged foods. She said kids should be taught that it’s better to eat fresh food.
“I’m passionate about food security,” she said.
“They’ve (the kids) been excited to see me every week and it’s great to get them out in the mud and planting things,” she said.
Cheryl March, a parent volunteer that day, came out with her daughter, Amanda, to participate in the gardening.
“I thought this would be a great opportunity for us to give back to the community,” said March.
She said that she would love to see her daughter get into gardening.
“Someday I wanna plant chocolate,” said Amanda.
Karen Fraser, a Grade 2 and 3 teacher at the school, said she enjoyed the time she spent with Boyd and the kids in the four-week program.
Two of Fraser’s students shared their thoughts about gardening.
“I like getting dirty. I always get dirty at home anyways,” said Makenna Aven.
“It was fun ’cause I like garden food better than fast food,” said Ethan Halberson.
“I planted pumpkins and peas.”
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