The importance of vegetables and childrens health

Do you garden? Do your children eat healthy foods over sugary foods? Gardening is a very simple form of encouraging healthy eating in your children. Have your children help you plant and harvest vegetables! If you don’t have the space to garden, you can always substitute with the farmers market; take your children with you and let them pick out fruits and vegetables that they would like to eat. Children who are actively involved in picking their food are more likely to eat it. If you do have the space for a garden; everyday when your children get home from school walk through it with them and allow them to pick the ripe fruits and vegetables. It is showing them how rewarding gardening is and they are going to be much more excited about plucking a ripe “fruit of their labor” than you necessarily will. The easiest way to start a mini garden is to plant herbs in small planters and let them grow in your kitchen window which will remind you to use fresh herbs instead of dried herbs. Also if you think about how much money it saves you a year even if it is just during summer months that you can grow your own food. Another point is that if you are buying from a farmers market you are buying locally and the farmer is the one getting most of the proceeds. When you buy from wal-mart the produce has to travel much farther, the overhead costs and employee wages are most of the profit, the farmers of this produce is getting next to nothing. If you have any questions about gardening in your area please direct them to our e-mail mommytalkandadvice@gmail.com with the subject att: Gwen/Gardening. If you give me what city and state you live in I can help you find out what you can and can’t grow and how to understand the difference between growing each individual type of produce. ~Gwen