The Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch Program

WKOW-TV:

The Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch program helps Madison school kids understand where food really comes from.

Joe LaBarbera takes us on a journey that follows some of the students to the farm where some of it grows.

Doug Wubben is a project coordinator for Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch -- working to give kids their first real taste of life on the farm -- and a lesson in the first link of the food chain that eventually leads to their plate.

While this is about bringing the kids to the farm - sometimes they'll actually bring farmers into the classroom.

"This year, and also last year, we had a couple farmer educators come out and they did some workshops in the classroom," Teacher Marissa Carr-Flowers says.

These kids are learning how to plant seeds, grow food and spend a day away from their classroom. make no mistake -- they are still learning.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 14, 2008 12:00 AM
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