Louth schools urged to get growing in Spring
LOUTH Primary Schools are being invited to apply for their free GIY and innocent ‘Big Grow’ pack.
The project aims to get 43,000 primary school pupils across the country growing their own food.
GIY and Innocent drinks team up to launch the seventh annual food growing initiative, a project that will enable 43,000 primary school children across the country to learn how to grow their own food this spring with ‘ The Innocent Big Grow’.
Primary schools across Louth can apply now for a free Big Grow pack to be delivered to their school via the website innocentbiggrow.com.
Speaking at the launch GIY founder Michael Kelly said:
‘It’s a fact that food growers have a better understanding of nutrition and eat more fruit and vegetables.’
He encouraged Louth schools to apply for the packs, adding: ‘Over the years we have repeatedly seen how even the simplest food growing experience can make children passionate about what they eat, and help them to develop a greater understanding and ‘food empathy’.
He explained that the main aim of the initiative is to encourage school kids to ‘get outside, stick their hands in some mud and learn about the benefits of healthy eating.’
‘We want everyone to have those all-important memories of growing their own food and we know that these are lessons that they continue to benefit them throughout life.’
Mr. Kelly added: ‘We have also worked closely with teachers and educational specialists to develop a series of detailed lesson plans that provided credible and engaging content for teachers to use in the classroom.’
This year the pupils will learn how to grow peas, cress and spinach. Each Big Grow pack includes enough soil, growing pots, seeds for a class of thirty along with an expert food growing kit devised by GIY plus details on how to cook and eat the produce that each child has grown.