May Day! Today our groups met to discuss our needs assessment project. Our group, garden group B, had made a list of possible hand outs and done an overview of our needs assessment community. We got to sit and discuss ideas and goals with Dr. Holben and Ashley today, so that we have a better idea of the project's main ideas. our group will be designing three handouts: one will focus on the importance of gardening and how to get one started at home; one will focus on the benefits of Vitamin C and iron (as they work together) and what vegetables will provide excellent sources of them; one will focus on the benefits of fiber. Children in the US tend to have low intakes of iron and Vitamin C, and we want to provide an easy source of the nutrients through the gardening. We will develop a way for the children grow baby greens in their large planters, and harvest them at least twice during the 6 week program. in addition, the take home planters will have alfalfa sprouts, which we will provide recipes and tips for preparing.
Fun times.... I'm glad we've been able to get going now :)
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