The more children are involved in growing vegetables and preparing meals, the more likely they are to finish their broccoli plate. The logic goes that school vegetable gardens, which are starting to multiply around the world, could be the key to better nutrition education, according to a new scientific study.
Spending hours at the table waiting for our kids to finally deign to put a morsel of parsnip in their mouths is an ordeal that a parent — or anyone who has ever eaten with a child — knows all too well. How can this problem be remedied? A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has looked into the matter and sees school gardens as an ideal solution.
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