2012 conventions 2012 election 2013 session arts arts and culture author ballot measures basketball bomb books boy scouts budget bullying business charlie hales children clackamas climate change coal college courts crime culture culture club democrats drugs economy education environment family film fluoride food gay rights guns handguns health health care health insurance high school history housing immigration internet kitzhaber law legislature lgbt literary arts living marijuana marriage media medicine mental health military minor parties mohamed mohamud movies music native americans news newspaper obama olympics oregon our town parenting pers photography police politcs politics port portland portland business journal president prevention public safety religion republicans rnc romney rural salem sam adams sandy hook schools science shooting sports suicide supreme court taxes technology terrorism theater third parties transportation union university of oregon washington wildfire women

Hi, I co-chair an environmental studies enrichment program at my children's elementary school (Lake Grove, Lake Oswego) and we are teaching sustainability this year to our students. Our last lesson for the year is on food. We are trying to educate our children about "food miles" and the use of fossil foods in delivering food to us. We are also trying to set up a school garden and want to use the food we grow for school lunches. did you know that Food miles rose by 15 percent between 1992 and 2002 just in the United States.

Food miles are the measure of the distance a food travels from field to plate.

Agriculture and food now account for nearly 30 percent of goods transported on our roads. 

Produce in the U.S. travels, on average, 1300 - 2000 miles from the farm to your plate!

Interesting facts. we are interested in finding out financial and support groups to help us with our school garden. Can you give me any ideas? Thank you, Liane Cabot

posted 4 years, 1 month ago
view in context