FFK79: How growing food helps kids even if they don't eat what they grow
Food For Kids · The Foodies
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Show Notes
If you're a family or an education setting that grows fruit or veg with children, then you will already be aware of many of the ways it can be helpful and magical.
But if you're new to gardening or you're not sure if it's for you, this is a quick episode to give you some ideas for ways it could be helpful for the children you care for and a couple of suggestions for super low key ways to start.
Links in this episode:
Episode on three growing projects for kids: https://www.thefoodies.org/ffk15
Easy bean activity: https://www.thefoodies.org/sowing-broad-beans-with-kids/
Windowsill peashoots: https://www.thefoodies.org/how-to-grow-pea-shoots/
Learning through watering: https://www.thefoodies.org/ways-to-sneak-learning-into-watering-the-plants/
RHS growing ideas: https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/children-young-people/family-activities/grow-it
Garden Organic cards on growing lots of different foods: https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/expert-advice/how-to-grow/how-to-grow-cards
Music "Happy Days" by Simon Folwar via Uppbeat