Veterans Memorial Family School Garden Grows Food and Horizons (Camden County)
Located on the blacktop behind Veterans Memorial Family School is a long row of container pots that have provided the nearly 500 students, in grades pre-K-8 school, a taste of fresh tomatoes, peppers, kale, broccoli, peas and the opportunity to learn how to grow their own healthy food. This is important because Camden is a designated food desert with only one supermarket available to feed its 70,000+ residents. Three teachers at Veterans Memorial Family School have planned, funded and labored, often long after the school bell, to grow a school garden that is broadening students’ horizons about what is possible for health and food in the community.
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