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Nov 19
Students turned sous chefs at Highlands Elementary, while learning food literacy

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Highlands’ students peeling and chopping potatoes and carrots for their soup.

By Jennifer Sherlock, Teacher

“Can I have third bowl of potato soup?” “Delicious!” “It smells soooo good!” declared many of the approximately 170 students, who help make six large pots of soup, from the potatoes and carrots grown and harvested from Highlands’ school garden. Additional costs were minimal as only a few items needed purchasing from the store. 

Teacher, Mairead O’Brien-Kent, and retired teacher, Edie Rustemeyer (along with supporting adult volunteers) kept up to the whirlwind pace. Six classes rotated through the “sous chef” station as part of their Wednesday Food Literacy session with teacher Jennifer Sherlock. This is clear evidence that when students are involved in growing, harvesting and preparing food they are eager to eat it! 

As Brent Mansfeld, Edible Education Specialist Teacher puts it, “food literacy is having the knowledge (head), skills (hands) and attitude (heart) necessary to grow, harvest, prepare, share and enjoy healthy food to support one’s health, community and the environment.”

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