It's harvest time at the Osborn School District's Flex Farm, and students are harvesting fresh greens they have grown in their school garden. Students in Phoenix's Osborn School District are not only learning where their food comes from, but actively growing fresh, healthy options.
On the day Fox10 visited, the students harvested lettuce. "I like salads with lemon, apples, peppers," one student said. They also got a nutrition lesson on leafy greens.
"It's like a really cool science project," another student said. "We get to check the pH, the nutrients, and this lettuce grew in 28 days."
The hydroponic farm allows students to explore nutrition, science and sustainable food production. "When they grow something, they are much more apt to try it," said one instructor. The goal is to better understand where food comes from.
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