ASAP works with a number of Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in the region to highlight local food education for their clients. Lori Bradley at Henderson County WIC explains how her staff demonstrates farm to early childhood education in action.
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Before We Eat: From Farm to Table
Before we eat, many people work very hard―planting grain, catching fish, tending farm animals, and filling crates of vegetables. This book reminds us what must happen before food gets to our tables to nourish our bodies and spirits. This expanded edition includes back-of-book features about school gardens and the national farm to school movement.
Favorite Fall Recipes from Dietetic Intern Maddie
As part of our Growing Minds @ University project, the Growing Minds team is a preceptor to Dietetic Interns during their community rotation. This fall Maddie from Lenoir-Rhyne University worked with us to provide local food and farm to school activities to our community. As part of her time with us she compiled some of her favorite fall recipes using local produce.
Teenagers Teach Kids How to Love Local Food
As part of our farm to school work in Burke County, Emily Towery, a kindergarten teacher at Hillcrest Elementary, shares this story about the day Freedom High Ag students came to work in the Hillcrest school garden with the kindergarten students:
Harvesting Friends/Cosechando Amigos
Young Lupe loves helping her mother with their salsa garden full of tomatoes, chile peppers, onions, garlic and cilantro. But one summer day, she sees that the biggest, juiciest tomatoes have disappeared! Who could have taken them?!? Including easy-to-make recipes, this bilingual picture book for children ages 4-8 will have them clamoring for a garden
Look, See the Bird!
Look, See the Bird! is a beautifully illustrated children’s book which seeks to not only promote curiosity in children about the natural world around them, but also to establish the universal quality of having a connection with nature. Look, See the Bird! follows children in a variety of locations, all of whom are learning about local birds and
Look, See the Farm!
Look, See the Farm! is the heartwarming story of two sisters visiting their grandparents’ organic farm during each of the four seasons, discovering the many interesting creatures that make the farm their home. Young readers will gain a look at farm life and the animals living on the farm, as well as discovering the wild birds
Chef Mark DeMarco’s Sweet Pepper and Summer Vegetable Salad
From Mrs. Holt’s 2nd grade class–they love basil. This is a great fall recipe when school gardens are overflowing with basil.