{"id":19423,"date":"2019-10-21T08:19:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=19423"},"modified":"2020-02-25T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:28:38","slug":"school-gardens-provide-hands-on-connection-to-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/21\/school-gardens-provide-hands-on-connection-to-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"School gardens provide hands-on connection to agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>October is National Farm to School Month and we\u2019re highlighting the work of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cafarmtofork.cdfa.ca.gov\/farmtoschool.htm\"><em>CDFA\u2019s Farm to School Program<\/em><\/a><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time and again, research shows that students who plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables can\u2019t wait to eat them. With hopes of converting that enthusiasm into lifelong healthy eating habits, Farm to School programs throughout California encourage and facilitate school gardens. Here&#8217;s an example at Silverado Middle School in Napa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" title=\"Video: School Garden Provides Hands-on Connection to Agriculture\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZujkDSRuUA\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is National Farm to School Month and we\u2019re highlighting the work of CDFA\u2019s Farm to School Program! Time and again, research shows that students who plant, grow and harvest fruits and vegetables can\u2019t wait to eat them. With hopes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/21\/school-gardens-provide-hands-on-connection-to-agriculture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>School gardens provide hands-on connection to agriculture - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/21\/school-gardens-provide-hands-on-connection-to-agriculture\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"School gardens provide hands-on connection to agriculture - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"October is National Farm to School Month and we\u2019re highlighting the work of CDFA\u2019s Farm to School Program! 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