Our future farmers met for our second hour today and we already planted seeds! In their heads, that is. We did, however, learn to sprout. We discussed how 80 cents worth of lentils is enough for all 12 of us to enjoy. Each student got a glass jar, some lentils, cheese cloth and a rubber band. They wrote out the instructions for making their own sprouts and filled their jars with water. Next week they will bring their sprouts back and we will make little faces out of pita squares, hummus, and their sprouts (I had to get a little art in there).
During our sprout discussion, I pulled out some stats. We compared nutritional information of a cup of lentil sprouts to a bag of hot fries. I'm still working on getting them to see why and how those numbers on the nutritional data label matter, but i figure it's best to start with the facts.
My partner in this endeavor brought in a landscape architect to plot out the garden today, and she acquired an indoor greenhouse to help us get the veggies going.
There is so much left to do, and the ideas keep coming! Grant writing, composting, charting and graphing, recipe writing and cookbooks....I'm quite fired up! Thanks for following...
Andrea
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this sounds GREAT !!
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