Success StoryHealthy Eating, Exercise, & Growing Lettuce



Healthy Eating, Exercise, & Growing Lettuce

Author: Heather Graham

Planning Unit: Wolfe County CES

Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home

Plan of Work: Agriculture Production, Diversification, & Sustainability

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Both Wolfe County SNAP assistants and the ANR agent partnered to deliver a program to all students at Bethany Christian School about healthy eating, exercising, and growing their own food. Each session began with the children learning about the life cycle of plants and included an activity for the kids to be a growing seed/plant. Then the students made their own milk jug greenhouse. They learned how to care for their lettuce, how greenhouses help extend the growing season, and were given a growth chart to keep track of their lettuce growth. Students then learned about MyPlate and how important veggies are to their growing bodies. A healthy snack was provided for them. Wally Cat even made a special visit to exercise with the children! Several students were able to grow fresh lettuce for their families in the middle of December, something that was very exciting for them!







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