Students do a virtual tour to a local Marion County farm to learn how their food grows, where it comes from, and experience the farm first-hand with the Marion County Farm to School team.
As a result of the project, students engaged in activities that supported learning skills in reading (following instructions) writing (science journals), math (graphs and measurements), science exploration and design challenges.
A total of 89 teens were recruited and trained for the program in 2020 and 2021. The effort featured the development of 12 online learning modules and a Teen Teacher Corps website.
Over 900 students in second through eighth grades and 100 adult chaperones in Clackamas County attended an enrichment program at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest during the summer and several other groups came in early fall.
The partners, including OSU Extension, planned, organized and delivered individual meal kits that included the ingredients to make a nutritious breakfast and lunch during a school break.
