As parents, we're often trying to get our kids to eat something, anything,
healthy, and it turns out that there's a pretty easy way, as long as
you have the back-forty cleared and easy access to a rototiller: a new study shows that kids eat better when they're eating from their own garden.
According
to the study, "garden-fed
children were more likely
to see their parents eating fresh fruits and vegetables, and that
people
in homes with gardens had access to greater variety of produce."
(Except in my garden, where I refused to grow anything but tomatoes,
green beans, and cucumbers.) Actually, I would say that this was
true in my kids' case. They now look on vegetables differently had we
not had several years of our own backyard garden. And there was a fair
amount of enthusiasm for the project, which helps tremendously.
Great! So get out your Garden Weasel and your Troy-Bilt Lead-Free Garden Gloves
and $100 worth of organic seed, and you're set! No word about what to
do when you don't actually have a back-forty, or even a back yard. I
dunno, lemme think about it after I open this bag of Oreos.
