What’s Growing On?

  • Location
    Dalton, Georgia
  • Status
    Active
  • Age Level
    5 to 7 Years
    8 to 10 Years
    11 to 13 Years

The Problem

As children become more disconnected with the outdoors and often have little knowledge of where food originates, we run into problems with poor eating habits and lifestyles. We want to change that and give children the opportunity to plant, manage, and investigate the way food grows and then learn easy and fun ways to incorporate those foods into their diets. We are applying for the Roots & Shoots grant to help cover the costs associated with purchasing start up plants for our garden.

Our Plan

We want to create an outdoor garden at our school in North GA. We want the children to learn about a variety of ways to grow foods (in soil and in water) to see how easy it can be to do this at home. Then we want to encourage students to find, create, and sample recipes containing the foods we produce.

Themes Addressed

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    Education
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    Food Choices
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    Food Insecurity
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    Hunger

The Benefit

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    People
About Roots & Shoots

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