Farm to School- Nutrition Lessons

This year we are lucky to be partnering with ISU Extension to bring the "Farm to School" program to grades 1st through 3rd grade at Lime Springs/Chester Elementary.  Michael Schwab of the Howard County office will be visiting once a month for a "tasty" lesson.  The goal of these lessons is to teach children about locally grown foods, nutrition concepts, and provide food tasting to encourage the trying of new foods.  Today's lesson centered around apples.  Students learned that apples are full of fiber to help with digestion and lots of vitamins to keep us healthy.  Students were also introduced to "My Plate" and good eating habits.  Finally students taste tested four different varieties of local apples and described how they tasted and felt.  Below are some pictures from our first "tasting lesson."  We look forward to our next lesson in December.  Thanks, Michael!