After a two year break from cooking with students (due to Covid) we will be returning to the Kitchen/Garden classroom this fall! We’re looking forward to using our garden produce to teach students how to make fun, yummy and healthy foods. Help us to purchase back to school supplies for our Kitchen/ Garden Classroom. PleaseContinue reading “Back to School 2022!”
Category Archives: School Gardens
Eggplant
Our eggplant is growing like crazy this summer and the summer school staff are reaping the rewards of our bountiful eggplants. While eggplant isn’t the most nutritious vegetable, it does give you a decent supply of potassium and fiber. At just 25 calories and less than 1 gram of fat per serving, it’s a prettyContinue reading “Eggplant”
It’s Rhubarb Season!
Rhubarb It’s rhubarb season! Rhubarb is known for its sour taste and thick stalks, and is typically balanced with sweet ingredients. Only the stalks of the rhubarb plant are edible, the leaves are poisonous. Rhubarb can be used in sweet soups, jams, sauces, pies, tarts, crumbles cocktails, salads, salsas, and chutneys. Rhubarb can also beContinue reading “It’s Rhubarb Season!”
Bring on the Sunshine!
Happy summer! School is finally out, the sun is shining, and the produce is growing in the garden! My name is Mary-Kate, and I am the summer intern with Dexter Farm to School. I am a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Public Health studying nutrition. I love being outside and gardening,Continue reading “Bring on the Sunshine!”
October is National Farm to School Month!
In recognition of this we are partnering with Dexter Food and Nutrition to bring several garden to cafeteria offerings to all 6 DCS cafeterias. Watch for yummy offerings of fresh garden salsa, watermelon cubes, kale salad, roasted acorn squash, and roasted root vegetables all grown in the Sullivan Memorial Garden and Creekside Kitchen Garden. ToContinue reading “October is National Farm to School Month!”