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Waldorf Students Grow Food for Cafeteria Year Round

The Local Food Report

English - May 22, 2014 12:28 - 5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Many schools are looking to school gardens as a way to teach kids how to grow their own food. This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay visits the Waldorf School of Cape Cod in Cotuit, where a newly erected hoop house enables students to grow food for their lunch program year round.

You can read an essay by gardening teacher Kim Allsup on Elspeth's blog, Diary of a Locavore, where she also links to several other area schools with hoop houses.

Many schools are looking to school gardens as a way to teach kids how to grow their own food. This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay visits the Waldorf School of Cape Cod in Cotuit, where a newly erected hoop house enables students to grow food for their lunch program year round.


You can read an essay by gardening teacher Kim Allsup on Elspeth’s blog, Diary of a Locavore, where she also links to several other area schools with hoop houses.