Great News for our Program!

We received word that Crawford County has been accepted as a host site for the AmeriCorps Farm to School program for the 2015-2016 school year!  This means we are now seeking two individuals interested in serving half-time positions as AmeriCorps members beginning mid-August.  Available are a half-time nutrition education position and a half-time community outreach position.  More information and applications will be available at http://crawford.uwex.edu.  This is great news for our program and we look forward to continuing the great work we've been able to do in Crawford County as a result of the AmeriCorps Farm to School program! Yeah!

May Farm to School News

Thanks to Healthy Roots and Nelson's True Value in Prairie du Chien, eighteen raised garden boxes, plus soil and plants were delivered to child care programs throughout Crawford County! This "Ready Set Grow" project gives young children hands-on experience growing their own healthy food. Child care providers attended a training to learn how to incorporate gardening in a day care setting. Their first project with children was to create bucket gardens with tomato plants and lettuce seeds.  Now their raised garden beds will have a range of vegetable plants including kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts and broccoli. Watch for pictures in upcoming newsletters!

We are so excited about this project! Healthy Roots is jumping in to expand Farm to School programming into the local day care setting and is utilizing this project as a strategy to increase healthy eating options. Our youngest community members are learning to make important healthy food choices in such a fun, hands-on way. So Cool!