How’s this for convenient learning: Oregon State University Extension Service has free, online gardening courses that adults and interested older kids can access anytime. The introductory course to ...

Create a winter vegetable garden with your children and enjoy planting, watering, and harvesting together while teaching them ...

Americans don’t consume enough vegetables and fruits. Just 9 percent of Americans eat the recommended amount of vegetables each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 12 ...

It's fun: Your kids will experience the wonder of watching something grow from a seed or a tiny plant into something recognizable that they can touch and eat. They can grow their own pumpkins or pick ...

The MNyou Youth vegetable garden near Willmar is located on a scenic former horse pasture owned by Brent and Debbie Larson, just north of Willmar. Currently, about three acres of land is used for the ...

Encouraging children to eat vegetables can be a challenge for many parents. Kids are often drawn to sweet and processed foods ...

Creating healthy eating habits is so important for children. Even though I wish I could let my son eat whatever his heart desires, I know that a steady diet of fruit snacks and pizza may not be the ...

Children are notoriously picky eaters and parents may struggle to get them to eat the daily recommended amount of vegetables. This problem is compounded by readily available high-fat, salty, and sweet ...

Broccoli and cauliflower often meet with sideways glances and wrinkled noses from the 12-and-under set. That was the case with Brooklynn Mills, a third-grader at Easthaven Elementary School on the ...