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.