vegetables
Last updated by isadora on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 18:56.
The Black Mountain Community Garden is located in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It was founded by an 89 year old man named Dr. Wilson. After undergoing some medical issues his doctor told him that he needed to get outside and do something. Dr.Wilson then decided to start a community garden. The garden has many purposes. It is an educational garden. Nearby Elementary students go to the garden to learn how to grow their own vegetables, they learn about the importance of eating fresh produce, and they also learn how to take care of a garden.
Last updated by mookster_83 on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 02:58.
I have used my position as a Team Leader at the Jamba Juice in Merced County, and abroad to educate young and old a like in healthy living.
Last updated by joannag on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 15:02.
I work in a group home where teenagers often enter the program without a real sense of proper nutrition. I would like to build a greenhouse at the site of the group home, which sits on 30 acres of wilderness. Residents would learn where their food comes from, how to cultivate their own food, and the benefits of good nutrition. The greenhouse would grow vegetables as well as plants and flowers. It is my hope that the greenhouse would create a culture among the residents of environmental and economic responsibility.
Last updated by dancing carrot on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 13:29.
I designed and created five vegetable costumes: carrot, tomato, pea, onion, and corn. I then choreographed a dance to the tune of "We like to party". Four of my friends and I dressed up and went to the Chapel Hill Elementary school during their lunch period on October 19th(National School Lunch Week). We danced several times and talked to the kids about how important it is to eat vegetables and exercise to stay healthy. The elementary students loved our presentation. This is a project we can do yearly.
Last updated by lmelodia on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 11:53.
I started the Bed-Stuy CSA, because families in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn are unable to purchase fresh vegetables in the neighborhood. This lack of access to fresh, healthy food contributes to the neighborhood’s significant health epidemics: according to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Health of Central Brooklyn report, residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant suffer a rate of heart disease 30% higher than the NYC average and are two times more likely to have diabetes than the average New Yorker. In fact, 1 in 3 Bed-Stuy residents is obese.
