"Actually get to have hands on experience of harvesting and
preparing their own food," Adrienne Shaunfield, Community Food
Systems Coordinator for Feed Fayetteville said. Head Start is a
preschool program for children whose families fall under the
poverty guidelines. Feed Fayetteville teamed up to build a
garden for them last month to introduce them to a new way of
getting food. "When kids take ownership of their food choices,
they're more likely to be excited about it and also to want to
try new things," Shaunfield said. Learning to grow their own
food is not just cost effective, but studies have shown that the
more time kids spend in a garden, the more vegetables kids will
eat. "It's not just mom or dad is making me eat it, but I want
to eat it because I helped grow it. If a child pulls a carrot
out of the dirt they're more likely to eat it than if you serve
one to them on a plate." Shaunfield said what kids learn in the
garden they're likely to bring back home to their parents. "I
think that children reall