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March 7, 2013

School-based Kitchen Gardens Are Getting an A+

New study highlights benefits of for both children and parents.

Grow it, try it, and you just might like it is a motto many schools are embracing to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables.

Through community-based kitchen garden programs, particularly those with dedicated cooking components, schools are successfully introducing students to healthier foods.

In a new study released in the March/April 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers found that growing and then cooking the foods that kids grew increased their willingness to try new foods.

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