Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Recommended Resources --  Tis the season... for inspiring thoughts on gardening, landscaping and youth/senior/volunteer programs that green up communities. In fact, our seed orders are coming in the mail box and while we had a freak storm pass through where blizzard winds and snow packed against the windows, I sat infatuated by seed packets and catalogue descriptions spread out on the floor before me.  http://www.ted.com/talks/ann_cooper_talks_school_lunches This speaker, Ann Cooper, shares some fantastic statistics (American) on what schools are offering for lunch, how that is contributing to both academic and health issues in our young citizens, and some great examples of what innovative schools are doing about it. I thought this group might be interested in this for several reasons -getting local youth tours happening for local growers/producers/manufacturers -getting youth volunteer (hands on learning) opportunities for classes, home schoolers,...