by mfc | May 14, 2018 | News
As garden educators, we MFC staff have the opportunity to work with students in their school gardens every fall and spring. Here are some of our thoughts about getting kids involved in gardening! 1. Let them choose! Even as an adult, gardening is all about...
by mfc | Apr 6, 2018 | News
As you come out of hibernation this spring, Braiding Sweetgrass is the book to read to reawaken your relationship with the land. Through delicious sentences and a slow reverence for the natural world, Robin Wall Kimmerer shares indigenous wisdom about ecology in this...
by mfc | Jan 23, 2013 | News
Per Wikipedia, urban agriculture is defined as “the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city.” Urban farms give urban residents access to fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat products, thus decreasing...
by mfc | Jun 22, 2012 | News
About 180 2nd graders from two schools, Westview and Echo Park visited the gardens at Valley Natural Foods on beautiful sunny days in June to receive MFC lessons on urban farming. This was the culmination of lessons for these children that encompassed the...
by mfc | Jun 8, 2012 | News
This spring, MFC has been teaching 3rd-5th grade students all about bugs. Now, you may ask, how does learning about bugs teach my kids about healthy eating? Are they eating bugs in class? Do not fear, your children are not being taught to eat bugs. They are, however,...