“When I was 4 years old we got to go into the kitchen at our preschool and work with the chef. Now I want the kids I work with to have the opportunity to go out, dig something up in the garden, then come into the kitchen to prepare it and eat it,” says Erica Lewis, Food Service Manager at The Caring Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Erica gets to do all this and more. Not only does she conduct cooking classes using produce straight from the garden, but she also regularly uses the garden’s harvest in snacks. “I’m always hoping our kids will develop a love for healthy food and a love for gardening.”
We were delighted to work with The Caring Center to expand their garden earlier this spring, thanks to a partnership with DreamworksJr and
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