Best Plants for a Community Garden in Moderate Climates
One of the best trends sweeping across Canada and the U.S. is the growth of community and school gardens (also referred to as urban gardens or urban farming). They are sprouting up everywhere. Individuals, schools, neighborhood organizations, and municipalities alike are heralded for their respective parts in driving such initiatives forward to the benefit of […]
Best Gardening Books for Children
Technology may be on the tip of everyone’s tongue when it comes to the discussion of tools to best educate (and entertain) children of this millennium. Our own foundation has recently written blog posts recommending smartphone/tablet applications for teaching kids about health and nutrition along with organic gardening and farming. While this technology will indeed continue […]
Easiest Fruits and Vegetables to Grow from Seed Indoors
A big part of what we hope to accomplish here at the Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation is to inspire parents, guardians, and teachers to encourage their children and students to develop an interest in healthy organic gardening. Getting a head start in the concept, early in one’s life, helps avoid the […]
Best Gardening and Farming Apps for Kids 2015
In the summer of 2014 the Plant A Seed & See What Grows foundation posted an article on the Ten Best Health and Nutrition Education Apps for Kids. We briefly touched on a couple of gardening/farming themes in the post but in the world of mobile applications word gets out about new and updated ones […]
Common Nutrient Deficiencies in Childhood
Many households are under the impression that Canada and the U.S. are exempt from the nutritional deficiencies felt by the less developed corners of the world. While the extremes are certainly different hidden hunger impacts the populations on our soil as well, in particular our children. In the Plant a Seed & See What Grows […]
How to Promote Healthy Eating in Early Years – 5 Can’t Miss Strategies
One of the things we focus on here at Plant A Seed & See What Grows Foundation is childhood nutrition. Developing healthy eating habits in early youth provides not only a strong foundation for children, but for the entire household, neighborhood and community as initiatives reverberate from home-to-home and school-to-school. Today, we take a look […]
Seed Preservation Methods for Your Home or Community Garden
The Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation is deeply rooted in seed preservation programs. In essence, a seed preservation program, as it relates to our vision, involves conserving and sustaining seeds from “true to type” organic agricultural yield. “True to type” refers to non-genetically modified (non-GMO) (heirloom) vegetables, grains, tree fruits, berries, herbs, […]
10 Best Health & Nutrition Education Apps for Kids
Most parents today exercise some effort to limit the time that their children spend on internet enabled devices. Regardless these valiant efforts it is a fact that kids are connected and online more than ever before, with tools such as iPads being integrated into their school curriculum as a learning device. Embracing technology at the […]
How to Start a School Breakfast Program
There is no overstating the importance of childhood nutrition, especially with respect to its connection to educational performance. A child’s ability to concentrate in the classroom, process information, interact with students and teachers, and participate in recreational activities in the school are directly correlated to their nutritional intake. While it of course is ideal if […]
How to Get Your Children Interested in Gardening and Organic Nutrition
image: edited from thatbloominggarden.wordpress.com There are hundreds of articles out there about how to get your kids to eat their vegetables. The methods detailed within the varying theses on the topic range from amusing forms of bribery to all-out scare tactics. However what most parents don’t understand is that it’s not about getting healthy food […]