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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Helping Children Connect with Nature through Gardening

Julie Cernyā€™s book, The Little Gardener: Helping Children Connect with the Natural World, is part how-to, part inspiration and part...
The good news? With increased research, policy, evaluation, tracking and funding for early childhood nutrition, healthy eating and equitable food access programs, weā€™re seeing a growing positive impact on the health, cognitive, physical, emotional and social development of the next generation. The not-so-great news? Thereā€™s lots of work to do.
No, the quarantined home isnā€™t a foxhole, although parents and caretakers may sometimes feel itā€™s a battleground. We get it: with preschools and daycares closed for the foreseeable future, parents and caregivers are seeking engaging activities to keep the family sane and healthy. A great way to achieve both is by cooking together.

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