Atlanta
Georgia Organics Group Wants To Reverse Child Obesity Rate
Executive director Alice Rolls says their program called Farm to Schools educates students on the benefits of growing fresh foods:
((we're trying to get them in the garden))
Rolls says besides the hands on experience of gardening students need a classroom component as well.
((they don't have a connection with where food comes from))
Rolls says Georgia Organics' Farm to School program is already being adopted into Atlanta Public Schools wellness policy.
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The group is called Georgia Organics and they have ideas about reversing childhood obesity.null
Executive director Alice Rolls says their program called Farm to Schools educates students on the benefits of growing fresh foods:
((we're trying to get them in the garden))
Rolls says besides the hands on experience of gardening students need a classroom component as well.
((they don't have a connection with where food comes from))
Rolls says Georgia Organics' Farm to School program is already being adopted into Atlanta Public Schools wellness policy.
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