Educating Kids Through Music: The Banana Slug String Band

In our journey to explore the different methods of educating kids about their food and the environment, we bring you a new way we haven't explored yet on this program: Educating kids through music! Join us as we talk to members of the Banana Slug String Band, a band that's celebrating their 40th Anniversary at the time of this posting and their journey through the years.

This is part one of a two-part episode. Part two will be available later this month.

• Out Our Back Door music video
• Banana Slug String Band official website
• Banana Slug String Band on Spotify

Special thanks to the Banana Slug String Band for giving us permission to air their music. Songs featured in this episode:

1. Dirt Made My Lunch–Singing in the Garden
2. Roots, Stems, Leaves–Singing in the Garden
3. Habitat Hero–Pollinator Nation
4. Go Organic–Pollinator Nation
5. Pollinator Nation–Pollinator Nation

All songs written by Steve Van Zandt and Banana Slug String Band

The Farm to School Podcast is produced by Rick Sherman, Farm to School Analyst at the Oregon Department of Education and Michelle Markesteyn, Farm to School Specialist at Oregon State University Extension with production support from LeAnn Locher, OSU Extension. The show is made possible by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture.

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