You might not think of Chicago’s Southwest side as a hotbed for health. At least one school is changing that, however, after receiving an award in the “HealthierUS Schools Challenge.”
As an article about the program explains:
“For starters, the whole school gets daily recess and daily physical education. The organic, made-from-scratch meal program includes dishes like macaroni and “trees,” organic soy milk, kale crisps and teriyaki tempeh stir fry — not zesty taco meat with corn chips.
The students tend backyard chickens and an organic garden full of squash, arugula, tomatoes, eggplants and quinoas. And all their food waste gets composted with each meal.
For fundraisers, kids sell organic plants and reusable bags, not candy…”
Check out this interesting story in the Chicago Tribune.
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