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Keep Halloween Vampires at Bay by Planting Garlic!

10/31/2012

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Ms. Perry's Career Pathways class helps ward off vampires from our garden by planting garlic. They pushed the cloves (thank you for the donation Sellers Family of Little Spring Farm!) about 2 inches deep into the ground pointy end up, 6 inches apart from one another. Planting garlic around your garden is a chemical-free way to ward off pests like vampires and insects. Garlic will be mulched over immediately, and then ready to harvest in the spring. Garlic is a fun plant to watch (and eat!) all year long.
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Natural Resource Fun - Ecology Field Day at WCMS

10/31/2012

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On September 27, Warren County Middle School had their annual Ecology Field Day, organized by Larry West of the Warren Soil Conservation and Water Department. Warren County Cooperative Extension has contributed each year, and this year FoodCorps got to present to every sixth grader at the county's middle school on behalf of Extension. Other participants included USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, NCDA & CS, NC Forestry Service, and Newell Farms Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. The field day was a huge success, reaching over 175 students!

FoodCorps Service Member Caroline Stover, shown right, presented a program with 8 groups of students throughout the day. First, one student turned into a plant with all six plant parts before our very eyes! Her classmates learned the purpose of her roots, stems, leaves, flower, fruit and seeds. Next, the group was shown various fruits and vegetables, and asked to identify and analyze which plant parts we eat regularly to maintain our health.

We also sang a fun Plant Part Song created by the Banana Slug String Band to make sure we remembered our plant parts for the review - a plant part relay race!
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Students watch as their classmate turns into a plant!
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Students learn about the importance of physical activity and review their plant parts with a fun plant part relay race!
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Warren County High School Garden Club Meets

10/31/2012

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Warren County High's School Garden Club met last week for the first time. The members were able to plant mums in the garden, lettuces in the greenhouse, re-pot transplant tomatoes, and plan what they want their space to look like. After school gardening was very fun, and the students are looking forward to beautifying the space and being creative!

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New Tech Students Learn the Power of Local

10/31/2012

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Students at Warren New Tech High School delved deeper into their food choices last week. As part of their group project based on the novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Mr. Packer's junior English class has been working to document their food choices on a typical day. Each group made a video journal of their diet, and made a graph based on food groups chosen throughout the day. Then, students learned about what their graph should look like, based on MyPlate. Students worked with our FoodCorps Service Member Caroline Stover to compare their plate to MyPlate. We also worked together to prepare a fresh salsa recipe using produce straight from the high school garden. Students were able to analyze the benefits of eating fresh produce from a local garden or farmer versus vegetables which traveled in from other states. Plus, the salsa was delicious!

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FoodCorps Presents Warren County Program to Sustainable Ag Conference

10/30/2012

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FoodCorps North Carolina presented their program at Carolina Farm Stewardship's Sustainable Agriculture Conference in Greenville, SC. As part of the presentation to 70 workshop participants interested in Farm to School programs, Warren County FoodCorps was able to describe Northside Elementary's program during Bulldog Academy. Participants were so excited about students having the opportunity to work inside the cafeteria to get them excited about fresh food, and asked how to duplicate this experience for their students. FoodCorps was excited about being able to spread the word about Warren County's innovative programs.

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Northside Bulldogs Take a Healthy Bite

10/22/2012

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Norlina, NC:  Last week students at Northside’s Bulldog Academy explored a special part of their school: the cafeteria. Each day of the week, one grade prepared healthy snacks for the entire Academy using fresh fruits and vegetables. This exciting experience was made possible with the help of Warren County’s Child Nutrition Director Robert Parker, Northside Elementary’s cafeteria staff, and FoodCorps Service Member Caroline Stover.

“This was a great chance to spend some quality time with students and encourage healthy snacks to be eaten at home,” said Mr. Parker.

The students first engaged in a nutrition lesson, and then headed to the cafeteria to prepare a healthy snack with the professionals. Snacks were made from fresh pears, broccoli, carrots, spinach, and sweet potatoes. The young chefs exclaimed the new foods were “Delicious!” and then got to serve the snack from behind the lunch line and spread new knowledge to their peers.

Apart from getting to try new foods that quickly became their favorites, the students were so excited to be able to tour the cafeteria and prepare food with Ms. Durham, Northside's very own cook. The bulldogs have a new respect for all the work that goes into making their lunch everyday.

Students also received several nutritious recipes using seasonal produce to take home to their families during the week. One parent claimed their student had been asking to go to the store for broccoli and carrots all week!
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Fourth graders at Northside Elementary prepare a honey mustard dip for raw carrots and broccoli. The students loved broccoli and carrots this way, and asked for thirds and fourths!
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Second graders got to make spinach and broccoli quesadillas for their classmates, demonstrated here by our Child Nutrition Director, Robert Parker. The next day students were asking, "When can we eat spinach again?"
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Starting the Year at Warren County High School

10/19/2012

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Ms. Perry's students prepare to plant lettuce and broccoli.
Warren County FoodCorps has gotten off to a great start! The Warren County High School Garden program has been continued with the help of Mr. Traylor's Agriscience and Horticulture classes, as well as Ms. Perry's Career Pathways course for 9th graders. These classes have been instrumental in preparing the garden for planting, planting fall vegetables, and constructing a fence to deter deer and varmints from entering the garden. 

Students in these classes along with those in Ms. Jones's class have been able to use the summer produce that is still maturing on the plants. We've had a bell pepper and hot pepper tasting for all six of Ms. Perry's classes, using produce picked straight from the garden by students. Mr. Traylor and Ms. Jones have had  classes able to use carrots from the garden to make a kale and carrot salad. Yum! Tomatoes, peppers, onions, and herbs from the garden made a delicious salsa for Mr. Traylor's classes as well! Two of Ms. Perry's classes got to make garden fresh and North Carolina fresh sweet potatoes using their own recipe in the WCHS Cooking Lab. Students really enjoyed their sweet potato dishes, and were able to share with administration and cafeteria staff.

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Students prepare their own sweet potato recipe using rosemary, garlic, and olive oil in the WCHS Cooking Lab.
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Ms. Perry's student examines a sweet potato vine for the class.
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    Caroline Stover is from Winston-Salem, NC, and is currently serving as Warren County's FoodCorps Service Member.

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