Committing your family to a healthy lifestyle is often easier said than done — but the Teaching Garden plans to help.
Created by celebrity philanthropist Kelly Meyer in response to First Lady Michelle Obama‘s Let’s Move initiative to prevent childhood obesity, the Teaching Garden is a living laboratory. Students — receiving assistance from The Farmer-Veteran Coalition and GrowingGreat — plant, cultivate and harvest their own fresh produce while honing science and math skills.
In collaboration with Take Part, the program hopes to be in place at 1,000 other schools within two years, with participants regularly sharing ideas and reporting their progress via Skype.
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First piloted in Malibu, the Teaching Garden was unveiled at its second location — Inglewood, Calif.’s Kelso Elementary School — on Monday. Meyer was on hand along with her celebrity mom pals Gabrielle Reece and Cat Cora, who were all too happy to lend their support to the cause.
We spoke with all three afterward about the importance of instituting healthy eating habits early, their stance on junk food, and knowing when to take a stand at the dinner table — and when not to.
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