Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 04:13:27 +0000
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: slideshow from Extension’s Junior Chefs visits to local farms!
Visit Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website to view the slideshow: http://go.ncsu.edu/jr-chefs-visit-farms
Chatham County Cooperative Extension runs a popular Junior Chefs Cooking Camp every summer where kids ages 8-12 spend a week learning to prepare and cook food. There are four one-week sessions led by Family & Consumer Science Agent Phyllis Smith. In 2014 Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos teamed up with Phyllis to provide an on-farm experience for the Junior Chefs to improve their knowledge and awareness of local food production. Each week Debbie took the kids to a different farm where they would meet the farmer and learn about crop and livestock production. At the end the kids would purchase vegetables, herbs, beef, chicken, eggs, and dairy to cook with during the week!
We visited the following farms: Perry-winkle Farm, Granite Springs Farm, Lilly Den Farm, and Celebrity Dairy.
Visit Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website to view the slideshow: http://go.ncsu.edu/jr-chefs-visit-farms
Registration is now open for the 2015 Junior Chefs program! Spaces fill up fast for the popular program so register early: http://go.ncsu.edu/register-jr-chefs
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8202
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