Farm-to-lunch-table program shows kids where food comes from
December 11, 2016
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Natalie Condon smiled as young consumers of her Lafayette farm's winter squash harvest compared notes about the vegetable's texture and taste.
"It's orange; it tastes like orange," said a kindergartner at Columbine Elementary School in Boulder. "It's squishy in my mouth," said a classmate.
Condon couldn't have been happier with the reviews. "This is wonderful for us and the kids," she said. "This builds a real connection to the food that they eat. A lot of kids don't know where their food is grown. And this helps change that."
Condon is part of a national movement started...
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