Community gardens are a great way to get children interested in gardening. However, highly densified regions may not have one in place near any given child’s residence. In such urban areas, it is becoming more common for schools to take on gardening projects for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...