Posted on April 23, 2020 by Anne Zachry
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This is Episode 1 of our Vlog, Food for Thought. This episode is titled, “Food Security During Times of Crisis.” This video discusses the use of an old urban gardening technique, self-watering containers made from 5-gallon buckets, as a means of ensuring food security…
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Posted on June 19, 2019 by Anne Zachry
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In our ever-increasingly rapid-paced world, we have become accustomed to real-time results to many of our efforts and inquiries, which amounts to instant gratification. Surrounded by these experiences, it is easy for developing young children who are still processing the world according to intuition…
Category: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, 9th Grade, For K-12 Teachers, For Parents, General Info Tags: children, delayed gratification, food desert, food security, hunger, impulsivity, instruction, K-12, learning, organic gardening, poverty, recycling, self-watering containers, sustainability, teaching, water conservation
Posted on August 17, 2017 by Anne Zachry
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Okra, known as Lady Fingers in some parts of the world, forms an elongated fruit from each flower. The flowers only last for a day or two and the fruits are ready to pick just a few days after that. Okra is most commonly…
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Posted on April 28, 2017 by Anne Zachry
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About a year ago, I encountered my friend, Avanish, on Facebook through mutual online friends in the organic gardening realm of the web. We both had a common interest in sustainable living and our online conversations started around Learn & Grow. At about that…
Category: Children & Youth in India, For K-12 Teachers, For Students, General Info Tags: chicken, container, curriculum, DIY, educational, egg, food, fruit, garden, gardener, gardening, grow, hen, how-to, hunger, independence, laying, learn, learn & grow, learning, organic, poverty, security, self-watering, series, teaching, vegetable