College of the Desert Early Childhood Edu

3 goals:
*Provide fresh, nutritious food service to 145 children.
*As a teaching lab school demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of school gardens.
*Provide hands-on training to College of the Desert students in a variety of areas including early childhood education, nutrition, agriculture, culinary arts.
 This kitchen garden will produce an average of 7 pounds of vegetables per day year round for children’s meals which will amount to 25% of current food meal needs.
 The nutrition program offered to the children will serve healthy, from-scratch meals using fresh, home-grown, quality food that will help to decrease obesity rates among the children.
 Healthy eating habits are extended to families at home – the low-income families request the recipes the children help to prepare and are eager to eat.
 By teaching children and families about healthy foods from the ground up, we will be educating the children and families on the value of fresh vegetables and healthy eating.