Green Kids!

Most kids think that their fruits and veggies came from the supermarket, and don’t even realize that their morning O.J. started life on a tree. It’s time for the little ones in NYC to reconnect with their food sources. —

A few suggestions are:

1) Take your kids to a local farmers market in your area and let them try the delicious samples and talk to the farmers about what they do for a living.

2) Visit a green space such as the Botanical Gardens. For example, the New York Botanical Garden’s educational Family Gardens.

3) Plant at home–an herb window box is a great beginners garden for your kids. Or even planting some vegetables in containers on your rood deck or in your courtyard. Your child can help every day with the watering and weeding to learn about the essential maintenance and care a garden needs.

4) Try composting at home–this may be tough in an apartment, but it’s a wonderful way to teach your kids how you can use nature’s own recycling system.

5) Reach out to your community to start a garden at your child’s school! These gardens are popping up all over the city. They are a perfect way to help children understand how their food got to their plate.

Taste Buds is an urban environmentally friendly learning experience too! Join us to help with our indoor herb and veggie garden complete with 16 different herbs, an heirloom tomato, a variety of lettuce, daffodil and pansy. We can’t wait to make delicious recipes with our Spring and Summer harvest! Yum!

–Jessi Walter, Taste Buds

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