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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
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Students learn to love their
veggies — by planting them
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Summer
camp students
help design,
prepare garden
By KATHERINE LACAZE
EO Media Group
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‘It tastes good!’
At the close of the camp sea-
son, campers were treated to a
cooking demonstration by Jon-
athan Hoffman, a private chef
from Cannon Beach and the
owner of Dough Dough Whole-
sale Bakery.
Hoffman talked to the stu-
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can Sisters
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SEASIDE — A group of el-
ementary-schoolers played a big
role in promoting healthy eating
habits this summer. The kids
helped design and plant a local
garden before celebrating their
efforts with an all-veggie picnic.
“It’s actually good!” one stu-
dent exclaimed between bites.
At the Sunset Empire Park
& Recreation District’s summer
camp, about ¿rst- through
¿fth-grade students Moined in
designing the new Sunny Pool
Community Garden at Seaside
Heights Elementary School.
“This will be an enchanting
invitation to come in here and
discover this growing place,”
local Master Gardener Mary
Blake said.
Blake and fellow Master
Gardener Barb Hassan vol-
unteered to teach a class each
Thursday morning during
summer camp. The class was
a collaboration between the
Friends of Clatsop County
Community Gardens, the rec-
reation district, the Oregon
State University Extension
Service’s Master Gardeners
and Seaside School District
10.
At the beginning of the ses-
sion, students used sidewalk
chalk to imagine and visualize
the space, said Ryan Stanley, the
district’s recreation director. The
students drew their favorite veg-
etable or fruit on blacktop near
the school.
Blake and Hassan helped
them determine the best way to
arrange the plants to capitalize
on sun and shade. “They really
got quite thoughtful about it,”
Blake said.
Designed for elementary
school children, the garden will
also be accessible to students
with disabilities.
Blake said she often sees a
shift in students’ relationship
to food once they “take own-
ership.” They develop a deeper
understanding and appreciation
of nutritional value and quality.
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Sunset Empire Park & Recreation District Summer Camp student Amelia Ferraro signs
her name on a post at the new community garden at Seaside Heights Elementary School
while fellow campers Kiana Thornburg and Aiden Routh look on. The summer camp fea-
tured a weekly garden class on Wednesday mornings.
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First- through fifth-grade students were exposed to fresh
produce and herbs from the Sunny Pool Community Gar-
den during a weekly garden class as part of the Sunset
Empire Park & Recreation District’s Summer Camp.
dents about healthy eating and
the importance of presentation.
“Make food look nice so peo-
ple get excited to eat it,” he told
campers.
Hoffman advocated using lo-
cal and seasonal products to cut
down on the economic and envi-
ronmental costs of growing and
transporting foods out of season.
“It doesn’t have to come
from somewhere else,” he said.
“My main focus is to try to be as
local as possible.”
Using produce plucked from
the Sunny Pool Community
Garden, he served a vegetari-
an stir-fry and coleslaw using
homemade mayonnaise.
Then it was time for a tast-
ing. At ¿rst, students were wary
of the predominately veggie
snacks.
That tune was quick to
change. A student who had pre-
viously voiced his hatred of veg-
etables thoroughly enMoyed his
cole slaw and stir-fried vegeta-
bles. When asked why he liked
the food so much, he answered,
“Because it tastes good!”
After lunch, students used
permanent markers to sign their
names on the posts at the gar-
den — a tribute to their effort
in starting a trend at the school,
Blake said. The proMect will now
be passed on to a Seaside High
School senior for his Paci¿ca
ProMect during the fall and win-
ter.
Looking ahead
Posts now line the perime-
ter of the garden, located on the
south side of the campus, and
fencing, boxes and soil will be
put in next. The goal, Blake said,
is to have the garden completed
by spring in time for planting.
Teachers may then decide to
incorporate the garden into their
classes. Any food harvested will
go to students and their families.
The South Clatsop County Food
Bank will receive any excess,
Blake said.
The recreation district is
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Sunset Empire Park &
Recreation District Sum-
mer Camp student Chance
McKeown signs his name
on a post at the new com-
munity garden at Seaside
Heights Elementary School
while fellow camper Diego
Mendez waits his turn while
eating an apple.
funding the initial startup for the
school garden, but Blake antici-
pates they will seek small grants
from other local organizations,
like the Rotary Club of Seaside
and the Kiwanis Club of Sea-
side.
Blake said she hopes the
school’s garden will provide a
new opportunity for local chil-
dren to learn about health and
nutrition and bene¿t from their
labor. “This is really important
work,” she said.
All of these aspects — fos-
tering community gardens, buy-
ing local products and support-
ing local farmers — contribute
to sustainability and economic
vitality in the area, Blake said.
“I think we can really make a
difference,” she said.
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