Wednesday, March 18, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Seed-to-Table Program sprouts again
By Jim anderson
Correspondent
Spring is here — which
means soil in the Seed-to-
Table farm plot in Sisters
is warming up and ready to
plant.
This spring Audrey Tehan,
director of the Sisters Seed-
to-Table program, with the
help of her staff and students,
has prepared a new one-acre
farm plot for use for the
Seed-to-Table program to
grow produce for the school
lunches, food bank, and to
sell to the community, so they
can start generating some rev-
enue to come back into the
program.
Last Wednesday, March
11, Sisters Seed-to-Table
partnered with the Heart
of Oregon Corps to pro-
vide farm-based education,
and are helping to build the
long-awaited greenhouse,
destroyed by the early snow
storm in late 2014. It will rise
again this spring at the high
school. Students from all
three Sisters schools, as well
as the Heart of Oregon Corps,
will christen the new farm
plot with laughter, scientific
inquiry, nutrition lessons, fun
times digging in the soil and
preparing for planting.
Plans are in the works
to have over 200 students
involved in the program this
spring, growing healthful
produce for school lunches
and the Kiwanis Food Bank.
Thanks to a grant from
the Oregon Community
Foundation, Zac Chapman
will be coming on board to
serve as the farm manager to
help expand farm-based edu-
cation in Sisters and to infuse
the community with nutri-
tious, locally-grown produce.
Tehan says, “Chapman
brings a contagious pas-
sion for working with youth
as well as an amazing eye
for managing an educa-
tional farm. He has enjoyed
teaching adolescents at the
Boys and Girls Club and at
the Farm and Wilderness
Foundation.”
Born in Scotch Plains,
New Jersey, Chapman made
his way west after graduat-
ing from Colorado College
with a degree in philosophy.
He first became passionate
about food systems and agri-
culture after helping manage
a community supported agri-
culture program in his home
town. The following summer
he co-managed the Colorado
College Farm.
In that role, Chapman
deepened his understanding
of small-scale, sustainable
farming, found a path shar-
ing his love for food and the
outdoors with community
members.
He believes that, “While
the farm can create delicious
food, it is also a venue for
civic engagement, a canvas
for artistic projects that heal
and strengthen community.”
Tehan says she is thrilled
to welcome him to the Sisters
community, is looking for-
ward to implementing his
considerable talents to make
the program run smoothly
and reach more students.
Tehan knows an hour in
a garden education program
can make a difference for
months or even years in a
child’s life — because she
has seen it happen again and
again. When she watched
the Seed-to-Table program’s
fourth-graders dusting soil
from their hands and devour-
ing raw beets and kale right
from the ground — with huge
smiles on their faces — she
knew she was doing some-
thing right.
Doctors, nutritionists,
teachers, parents and many
photo proviDeD
Sisters Seed-to-table director audrey tehan, staff, and students enjoying
the fruits of their labor, tasty carrots raised from the seeds they planted.
more people watching the
diet of young people across
the nation are making the
connections between involv-
ing students in growing food
and their willingness to even
think about eating that salad
or carrot with hummus.
Tehan says, “These leaps
towards developing healthy
eating habits can only help
students emerge from our
community with the knowl-
edge of healthy eating hab-
its in the midst of the rising
national epidemic of obe-
sity, heart disease and much
more.”
A study cited recently in
the Journal of the American
Dietetic Association stated,
“Sixth-grade students
involved in a garden-based
nutrition education program
increased their fruit and veg-
etable consumption by 2.5
servings per day, more than
doubling their overall fruit
and vegetable consumption.”
Tehan and Chapman’s
goal for the students will be
to develop healthy eating
habits while helping to feed
their community.
“I know it will once
again be a beautiful process,
and wish to thank everyone
for the support and help in
increasing the health of our
community,” Tehan said.
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