Lisa Martin, Lower School Science teacher arranged a visit for her second grade classes to Pennypack Farm and Education Center at The Highlands in Fort Washington. Education. She reports, "Director Diane Diffenderfer gave us a tour of their community supported agriculture (CSA) organic farming project. We learned about sustainability and the importance of buying locally grown food. We also learned about organic farming practices and producing food with high nutritional quality. Our visit to the Pennypack at the Highlands built upon our science studies of plants and gardening this spring,* as well our Health and Wellness initiative of promoting good nutrition." Students saw firsthand the strawberry flowers and immature berries, soon to become ripe and ready for picking and tasted kale that overwintered on the farm."
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