Today the elementary school celebrated the second annual farmer’s market day. This is a day when students learn about local foods and discuss farming with local farmers. The food that children ate came from local sources, with some of the food originating in the school garden. The school district was happy to have three local farmers (Cliff and Jeanetter Stump and Ron McMinn) come to the school to talk about different vegetables and other farming related activities. In addition, the farmers stayed and helped serve the children. The students ate hamburgers cooked on the grill by Cliff Stump and me. It was fun cooking over 400 hamburgers! The school district hopes to raise awareness in the students on the importance of healthy, locally grown food. Everyone seemed to enjoy the day. A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Urmann for organizing the day for the students.
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