In an effort to encourage environmental sustainability in education, many schools are offering educational experiences in organic gardens. These activities take children out of the classrooms and into a natural environment, teaching them about biology and their own health.
Organic gardening has grown in popularity over the past few years. This is due in part to national and local efforts to encourage healthy eating. Many students do not know where their food comes from, so many schools are making an effort to teach kids where their food comes from and how to grow it. There are many advantages to this kind of educational activity. Students learn about how food grows. They learn about different kinds of vegetables and nutrition. They also receive a hands-on experience that they can bring back to their families.
One of the great benefits of teaching healthy activities such as this is that greater emphasis is now being placed on what we’re feeding students in cafeterias. Ideally, students could enjoy the fruits of their labors, if educators and administrators can prioritize healthy eating in cafeterias and find the funding to make it happen.
Detroit is a great example of a city taking advantage of its available resources. No city has experienced the economic downturn like Detroit. Buildings and homes have been abandoned. Land is plentiful. Many creative minds have taken interest in Detroit as a new way to look at how our cities run. People have started turning deserted plots of land into gardens. In the future, this could lead to greater food sustainability. Some schools have taken part in this effort, teaching students how to provide for themselves.
As the movement away from processed foods and towards real food grows, more communities will gravitate towards teaching about nutrition and organic gardening. The benefits will be experienced exponentially, starting in the classroom, to the cafeteria, and into the home.