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Impact Report
| For plan | Youth Development (Chaves County) |
| Date | October 28, 2009, 10:07 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | 4-H Garden Program The Pecos Elementary School garden project was once again conducted in Roswell. For the second year, the second and third grade students planted seeds in the raised garden beds on the school playground in late April and early May. Crops planted included snap green beans, zucchini squash, yellow squash, okra, cucumbers, and sunflowers. Due to an extended school year at Pecos School, students attended school throughout July, which provided an extended opportunity to teach about garden care and about the vegetables that the garden was beginning to produce. Students learned to harvest the vegetables and sunflowers, and were amazed to discover that the food they eat everyday is grown in the same fashion. Nutrition educators through the Chaves County CES’s ICAN Program also taught a class to the youth about the nutritional aspects of their gardening venture and how to properly prepare and eat those vegetables for a healthy lifestyle. Students also planted tulip bulbs in the beds in the fall 2008, and those bulbs were left in place in the spring 2009 in hopes of again having flowers in the spring 2010. Students became aware of how their food is produced and became more experienced in gardening techniques. Life skills gained included health lifestyle choices (healthy food choices, food preparation), marketable skills (food production), and teamwork. The youth also learned how agriculture is important to them and were made aware of the Chaves County 4-H program and how to join the youth organization. The garden project was coordinated by the agriculture agent and was funded in part by donations from the Chaves County Iris Society and local businesses. |