For kids who don’t like eating their vegetables, a Kent City Elementary School third-grader named Finn has some advice:
“Sometimes, when you eat it alone, it doesn’t taste the best,” he said. He recommends adding some greens to a sandwich or eating a salad to make it easier to stomach.
Finn shared his thoughts while standing near hundreds of lettuce plants floating in a pond at Revolution Farms, an indoor hydroponic operation in Caledonia. He and fellow third-grader Riley toured the farm with their science teachers, Nicole Andreas, and Billie Frieland, to mark the start of the farm’s new education program for local school kids.
The program is funded by a federal grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Kent City Elementary School will serve as a model to encourage other schools to learn more about hydroponic farming and healthy eating, according to Revolution’s spokesperson, Gwen Vogelzang.
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