How about this: Farm to School founder Jason Mandala has a simple philosophy: kids don't need to remember every fact — they need to have fun. Twenty years in, he's still meeting the grown-up proof that it works.
Read MoreI teach Farmer in the Classroom as one of the School Garden Managers here at Garden City Harvest. A few weeks ago, I received a heart-warming email from a parent of a second grade student at Paxson Elementary School. While teachers and kiddos are generally happy to have me visiting their classrooms (“YAYYY, Farmer Lori’s here!”), it’s not often that I get feedback from families.
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