Project La Antonia Orchard Scholastic

Program Type: 
Kitchen Classrooms, Farm Based
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Other, Middle School
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
100
Year Founded: 
2014
About the Program: 

Project La Antonia Orchard Scholastic

Objectives

1. Knowing the importance of vegetables for health.

2. Developing the habit to consume vegetables.

3. Harvesting the vegetables.

Classes are developed concerning:

  • Plant description
  • Crops
  • Plagues and consequences
  • Nutritive value
  • Medical properties
  • Conservation and culinary use

We have studied the following vegetables: spinach, carrot, onion, basil, lettuce, parsley, etc.

Other activities:

  • Crops of vegetables.
  • Preparation and tasting of different meals
  • Cleaning of furrows
  • Teaching palisade or staked of tomatoes
  • Drawing of the studied vegetables

 

Program Members: 
Iris-Tania-Felipe Matos-Vázquez-Rodríguez
Administrator