Camp TLW at our new Collegetown Farm has been a great success! Camp director Amakiasu and counselors lead garden based activities while Chef Lara From Centered Table works with the children and teaches them how to create delicious and nutritious meals using local ingredients from the garden! "While we started with absolutely nothing but earth, we have built a fabulous space for the children to learn and have fun. It's wonderful to see a few children returning from last year," says Lara. 

Although hesitant at first, many children have come to appreciate locally grown food and have learned the benefits of eating fresh fruits and vegetables. "Most of the children had never seen the type of food that was being served or tasted the flavor combinations of those items. The food looked and felt very foreign to them and some were hesitant to eat it. We established the rules of the farm to fork program, such as, "the 2 bite rule." Which was that each child would at least take 2 bites of the food before discarding," says Lara.