Disease Proof

Remember The Edible Schoolyard from earlier this year? The program designed to help counter childhood obesity by teaching kids the importance of growing and eating natural food. It’s the brainchild of Alice Waters, restaurateur and founder of the Chez Panisse Foundation. Well it appears The Edible Schoolyard isn’t the only game in town—or should I say garden.

Today I discovered Urban Sprouts School Gardens, a nonprofit organization that uses school gardens to encourage young people to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat fresh vegetables. That ought to cure the notion that food magically appears in grocery stores.

Here are a few posts of note:

• Food Labels and Garden Exercise
• Garden Predators!
• Inspiration in Sacramento!