Unannounced to me, and perhaps you, schools around the country have been planting school gardens that are used to contribute to the school lunch program, teach children about gardening and to get children outside. In my opinion these are all good things…
As you can imagine, not everyone shares my opinion (people rarely do). Below are two editorials from both sides of the fence that both raise points for consideration – well worth the read.
How school gardens are cheating our most vulnerable students
Failure to Cultivate: A Response to Caitlin Flanagan on School Gardens.
And here I thought they were just vegetables…
