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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:07 am Post subject: Farm to School program changes kids' views on food
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_farm_scene_farm_to_school"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.6b015cd53dbc459eb82dfb97af4110e2.farm_scene_farm_to_school_mr202.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=9PLBj56KZahx4hVH9yoahg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students preparing a vegetable soup at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. The school is part of the national Farm to School program, aimed at getting healthier meals in school cafeterias and improving student nutrition. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)" border="0" /></a>AP - The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class, and they know how they're grown because they've nurtured them in raised beds out back.</p><br clear="all"/>
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