Baraboo High School

Many of my students don’t take the time to think about what is in the food they choose to eat or where their food comes from. As we’ve been studying the industrial and local food systems, students have been comparing processed foods to fresh ingredient recipes. A few of the “fresh” ingredients have been purchased at the farmer’s market, while most of them have been purchased at the local grocery store. It would be amazing if students could go out to the garden and pick their produce of choice for lab--to know exactly where the food came from. It would also be a great teaching opportunity to show students how to procure produce so that those ingredients could be used year round. The garden would also be used with the community’s summer program as a way for high school students to teach elementary aged students about nutrition and food choices.