Can cooking and gardening at school inspire better nutrition? Ask these kids
With diet-related disease on the rise in the U.S., some schools are adding nutrition to the curriculum. Teaching kids to grow and cook fresh produce can influence life-long eating habits.
Farm to school events are happening all over the country this month aimed at bringing fresh food to students' plates.
And, after a decline in nutrition education in U.S. schools in recent decades, there's new momentum, to weave food and cooking into the curriculum again.
Remember the hands-on cooking in home economics class, which was a staple in U.S. schools for decades?
"I'd love to see it brought back and have the science around healthy eating integrated," says , deputy under secretary for food, nutrition and consumer services
