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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Weather Students learn how food gets to the table
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Cave Junction
By Darcy Wallace
IVN Staff Writer
Thursday, April 14
Rain & Drizzle
High -- 59 Low -- 41
Friday, April 15
Clouds & Sun
High -- 63 Low -- 49
Saturday, April 16
Warmer w/ Clouds
High -- 76 Low -- 47
Students at Evergreen Elementary got
a first-hand look at how farm production gets
food from the fields to Oregon grocery stores.
On Monday, April 11, Evergreen’s Farm
to Market day brought volunteers from Oregon
State University Extension Service, Illinois
Valley FFA (formerly Future Farmers of
America) and others to expose students to the
variety of foods coming from Oregon farms.
Sunday, April 17
Periods of Rain
High -- 68 Low -- 36
Monday, April 18
Mostly Sunny
High -- 65 Low -- 37
Tuesday, April 19
Cooler w/ Rain
High -- 54 Low -- 36
Wednesday, April
20
Mostly Cloudy
Following are the high & low
temperatures, and rainfall
recorded at The End of the Road
in O’Brien by Cheryl & Harry
Johnson:
Date High Low Rain
Snow
4/01 80.1 37.0 .00
.00
4/02 61.1 32.7 .00
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4/03 64.2 26.2 .00
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4/04 66.2 36.3 .00
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4/05 66.4 40.1 .08
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4/06 49.1 34.2 .67
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4/07 50.9 31.3 .12
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Lorna Byrne
Middle School
VOLLEYBALL
UNIFORM FUND
said. “They don’t see the big picture. They
don’t correlate that the animal standing out in
the field is the same thing that puts milk on our
tables. We try to bring that to light.”
Volunteers from OSU Extension Service
with the Agriculture in the Classroom foundation
spoke of how varying climates in the state, from
drier Eastern Oregon to the rainier Western
areas, result in a wide range of products.
Along with learning about the transition
from straight off the farm, to production, to the
store, volunteers helped students learn and get
excited about healthy foods, showing them what
“Over the last seven years I’ve been
doing this I’ve heard kids make the
comment, ‘I thought milk came from
Safeway,’ ”
Three Rivers School District food service
director Michael Morris
The Farm to Market event is passing
through various Southern Oregon schools this
week to expose other students to where their
food comes from, emphasizing local produce.
According to Three Rivers School District
food service director Michael Morris, students
growing up in rural areas don’t always know
about what’s available in their back yard.
“Not every kid gets exposed to many
types of food,” Morris said, adding that some
still haven’t seen farm animals up close.
“I was a city kid — I didn’t see my first
chicken until I was 20,” Morris said.
Students were especially attracted to the
center demonstration in the Evergreen gym,
where they could interact with dogs, a cow
and even a rabbit resting on FFA volunteer
coordinator Amy Meyer’s lap.
“Over the last seven years I’ve been
doing this I’ve heard kids make the comment,
‘I thought milk came from Safeway,’ ” Morris
balanced meals look like and showing students
a range of fruits and vegetables, from lemons
and oranges to oddly-shaped ginger root.
The 2011 Oregon Dairy Princess Jessica
Budge also traveled all the way from Sherwood
to discuss the dairy side of farming, from milk
to ice cream.
For lunch, Morris said students would
choose from the “A to Z” buffet, including a
food from every letter of the alphabet. Staff
and volunteers were encouraging students to try
different things, exposing them to the variety of
fresh foods coming from local farms.
“I think we opened up their eyes on the
nutrition factor with the whole program,”
Morris said. “Every year [Farm to Market] is
a little different depending on what we get for
produce. But we look for exotic things, not food
everybody can see on the dinner table every
night.”
(Photo by Darcy Wallace, Illinois Valley News)
A live sheep is just one of the animals Evergreen
Elementary students interacted with Monday, April 11
during Farm to Market Day. Illinois Valley High School
FFA members also helped out during the event.
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