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Should Children Be Taught How To Grow Food As Part of Their Schooling?

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f you are a parent, you should probably think about one good question: should your children be taught to grow food at school?

The modern era is marked by the constant advancements in technology, and the new inventions have provided the comfort and conveniences that we never even imagined to live in.

However, we lost a large part of the needed real-world knowledge and skills to survive and take care of our families on our own.

This poses a question: If the current system suddenly collapses, do we know the basics of life in order to survive? Natural disasters happen all the time, so this is not that unreal as we believe.

Therefore, teaching our children to grow their own food would be a priceless lesson.

Researchers have shown that when children grow their food, they develop “food empathy”, which is a deeper connection with food, which leads to a healthier life. These kids have better diets, eat more veggies and fruits, and understand nutrition better.

People of all ages enjoy gardening, but children can get the most fun, and develop skills like:

  • Responsibility –they care for plants
  • Reasoning and discovery – learning about the science of plants, animals, weather, the environment, nutrition, and simple construction
  • Physical activity – do fun and productive things
  • Understanding – they learn about cause and effect )
  • Creativity – discover new and exciting ways to grow food
  • Nutrition – learn about where fresh food comes from
  • Self-confidence – they achieve their goals and enjoy the food they have grown
  • Love of nature – they learn about the outdoor environment in a safe and pleasant place
  • Cooperation – their work includes shared play activity and teamwork
The chef Raymond Blanc has called for gardening lessons to be made compulsory in schools in order to help kids learn the value of healthy eating and organic foods.

He says that it is a great opportunity to truly reconnect with food. In the ear of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and heavily processed foods, children will learn the simple magic of taking food from the seed, from the earth or from the rivers and then to turned it into something simple and delicious.

What do you think of this idea?

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Famous1 said:
Nope... Thier parents should teach them.
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Well, yeah, I agree, parents should teach their children but as it's a very good life skill to have it's also good if it can be taught in schools.

Not all households have a parent who's willing to take the time and make the effort to teach their kids about gardening / farming.
 
I truly don’t understand how people think a school is supposed to teach you something that is not part of a standard.

Even college doesn’t teach this & you pay for that!!!

Parents don’t even parent anymore, just send kids to school. No skills, no life lessons, nothing but school programming their minds to oblivion.

People need to stop looking for the system to do something for them & do for self...

Or

Take the system down & change it to what you want it to be.
 
Absolutely yes . For me growing up in South America , Agriculture was part of our curriculum for all classes. You were expected to sow the seeds , care for the plants and harvest the crops then we sold them to our village. Would change the experience it for the world.
 
Simply_Black said:
Well, yeah, I agree, parents should teach their children but as it's a very good life skill to have it's also good if it can be taught in schools.

Not all households have a parent who's willing to take the time and make the effort to teach their kids about gardening / farming.
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Not all parents live somewhere where they can grow gardens/food
 
Yes

They need to also be taught how to grow food as naturally as possible and what most foods really look like when not fucked with or made to order for supermarkets. Fruit and veg are not naturally perfectly symmetrical or even the colors they are presented as.
 
Simply_Black said:
Therefore the main reason why it should be taught in school... Not compulsory but as an option.
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We are on the same page. Although, I only responded to you, I just noticed a lot of the posts were implying bad parenting and didn't seem to acknowledge the lack of resources to teach something like that.
 
Simply_Black said:
Well, yeah, I agree, parents should teach their children but as it's a very good life skill to have it's also good if it can be taught in schools.

Not all households have a parent who's willing to take the time and make the effort to teach their kids about gardening / farming.
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i agree,i been teaching my children from the age of 4 on how to grow plants and veggies.there now 15,12,11.every year when spring hits were out planting different things so when that time come which it will come they will know how to grow there own food,herbs for the food etc.
 
Well I learned in elementary and from my grandparents, they grew majority of the vegetables we ate and alot of their friends did to as well as a couple had chicken for eggs and to eat and this was in Detroit during the 80's and 90's
 
Sure.
Why not?
Should they be taught Home Economics?
Should they be taught Black history?
Should they be taught Spanish?
:dunno:
 
THIS...

Along with Home Economics.
Because the last two generations can't cook or clean to save their lives.
 
WattDogs said:
I truly don’t understand how people think a school is supposed to teach you something that is not part of a standard.

Even college doesn’t teach this & you pay for that!!!

Parents don’t even parent anymore, just send kids to school. No skills, no life lessons, nothing but school programming their minds to oblivion.

People need to stop looking for the system to do something for them & do for self...

Or

Take the system down & change it to what you want it to be.
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Its not hard, intricate or even expensive

Crooklyn13 said:
Absolutely yes . For me growing up in South America , Agriculture was part of our curriculum for all classes. You were expected to sow the seeds , care for the plants and harvest the crops then we sold them to our village. Would change the experience it for the world.
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Something like this would only cost a few $ per student and you could make it a part of home ec, science and health studies for at least a week if not a whole quarter

thismybgolname said:
We grew veggies in cups when I was in elementary school.

Had a garden at my middle school.
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TEN said:
Yes

They need to also be taught how to grow food as naturally as possible and what most foods really look like when not fucked with or made to order for supermarkets. Fruit and veg are not naturally perfectly symmetrical or even the colors they are presented as.
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Only a matter of time before every supply chain has a real hiccup...think, when you shop before that big holiday/storm and yur favorite shit is sold out x10..

 
It's better than sitting in a classroom but sure why not I would rather mines be taught that then about gay rights.

I was taught about planting in class,along with having grayfish and even a venus fly trap...god bless that teahers soul best teacher ever
 
No. It is a complete waste of time and money. I know because
I was the subject of such an exercise in both primary and
secondary school.... Those who grow food do it as a necessity
of survival or their vocation... Naive people think that you can
engage in serious agriculture on a part time and almost hobby
basis, and this delusion needs to be discarded as soon as
possible
 
It's funny, this year I was like I'm going to grow cucumbers, watermelons, tomatoes, okra, peppers, and squash. Well I didn't have time to do it :smh:. I bet my ancestors think I'm an idiot. I made a salad with a bell pepper that had about 100 seeds in it. I thought how I could of made 100 plants off of that one vegetable.
 

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