Teachers and teacher assistants with their Microgreens Grow Kits.
On February 8, 2018 Jackie gave a presentation to a group of educators at the Buncombe Partnership for Children in Woodfin, NC.
Each of the participants received a Microgreens Grow Kit funded by The Partnership and Jackie gave a one-hour session on growing procedures and hints. The teachers and teacher’s assistants will then take the kits to their classrooms and the kids will get hands-on experience growing vegetables.
Natasha Bowden, Shape NC Specialist at The Buncombe Partnership for Children, purchased 10 Microgreens Grow Kits for the Partnership and received 4 free kits under our commitment to earmark a portion of our profits to place grow kits in classrooms. Shape NC is an early childhood initiative that works with child care programs to instill healthy behaviors early on, creating a solid foundation for a healthy life.
The class included a tasting of the products they would be growing by sampling a pineapple, banana, apple juice and microgreens smoothie–
Natasha Bowden (left), Shape Specialist and Jackie.
something any child would enjoy. Microgreens and cream cheese on crackers was also sampled as well as microgreens freshly harvested during the course of the class.
Educators can pair the growing of microgreens with any number of curricula while getting their students to appreciate the taste of freshly grown produce and the teachers eagerly participated in a detailed demonstration of the whole growing process.