Milwaukee Environmental Sciences of Milwaukee Teacher Education Center

Milwaukee Environmental Sciences (MES) is focused on food, fitness, and environmental sustainability. The goals of our Food, Farm and Fitness (F_) program include: improving child health, enhancing academics with hands-on learning, and becoming a hub for family and community wellness. The MES salad bar garden will allow us to grow select items for the salad bar and incorporate them into lessons. This will influence the diet of our students, as it has been shown that salad bars in school lunchrooms increase students' fruit and vegetable consumption by 1.2 servings per day. (Source: www.fns.usda.gov/ora/menu/published/CNP/FILES/saladbar.pdf). The garden will allow us to begin our healthy lunch program that connects lunch and curriculum experiences with family opportunities for healthy eating. In time, the program will be shared with schools across Milwaukee, through the reach of our partner organization, Milwaukee Teacher Education Center (MTEC) and our school lunch provider.

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