From: Subject: =?Windows-1252?Q?Scoop:_UN_Food_Agency_Promotes_=91Green_Thumb=92_for_Sch?= =?Windows-1252?Q?ools?= Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:41:40 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5813D.5CFA1A90"; type="text/html" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C5813D.5CFA1A90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/print.html?path=WO0507/S00014.htm Scoop: UN Food Agency Promotes =91Green = Thumb=92 for Schools 3D"Scoop

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UN Food Agency Promotes =91Green Thumb=92 for = Schools

Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:26 am
Press = Release:=20 United Nations

UN Food Agency Promotes=20 =91Green Thumb=92 for Schools

New York, Jun 30 2005 12:00PM

A green thumb, especially among the young, can be a powerful tool to = improve=20 nutrition, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today cast = a=20 spotlight on its TeleFood initiative supporting school garden projects = in more=20 than 40 countries.

=93School gardens can be a powerful tool to improve the quality of = nutrition=20 and education of children and their families in rural and urban areas in = developing countries, if they are integrated with national agricultural, = nutrition and education programmes,=94 FAO said in a news release.

Since 1997, over 150 school garden microprojects have been supported = by FAO's=20 TeleFood programme and larger technical cooperation projects are under = way,=20 including capacity-building for long-term national school garden = programmes.=20

School garden initiatives supported by FAO programmes range from = emergency=20 rehabilitation assistance Mozambique and the Democratic People's = Republic of=20 Korea to nutrition education in Rwanda and food security projects in = Guatemala=20 and Sierra Leone to a school garden project in Brazil in connection with = that=20 country=92s Zero Hunger Programme.

The main benefit of school gardens is that children learn how to grow = healthy=20 food and how to use it for better nutrition. This can best be done if = the fresh=20 garden produce - such as fruits and vegetables - to an existing school = meal=20 programme that provides the bulk of the diet.=20

Beyond this, school gardens also serve environmental education and = personal=20 and social development by adding a practical dimension to these = subjects. They=20 may also reinforce basic academic skills like reading, writing, biology = and=20 arithmetic.=20

FAO therefore encourages schools to create learning gardens of = moderate size,=20 which can be easily managed by students, teachers and parents, but which = include=20 a great variety of different nutritious vegetables and fruits, as well = as=20 occasionally some small-scale livestock like chickens, rabbits and fish. = Production methods are deliberately kept simple so that they can be = easily=20 replicated by students and parents at their homes.

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