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" Discover how to grow, prepare, and enjoy healthy foods from around the world through fun activities, music and storytelling. Join us for the FREE Family Day: Food for Good on Saturday, April 5th.
Highlights of the day will include:
• Hands-on games and art activities that show how easy and exciting it can be to make a difference – one seed or book at a time
• Innovative tools and ideas that help farmers and families around the world
• Storytime with children's book authors Katherine Pryor and Rick Swan who will lead kids in a discussion about gardening and the importance of trying new foods
• Discovering fun, family-friendly volunteer opportunities in your community
• Performance by Ocheami
• Sampling food from Tanzania and Ethiopia
• Learning local and global food facts from different community organizations
RSVP to be notified about event updates and to let us know you’re coming! (Note: Facebook RSVP not required to attend).
Who You’ll Find At Family Day:
1,000 Days
Learn about global food and nutrition while sharing your story on what good nutrition means to you. Learn more at www.thousanddays.org.
Beacon Food Forest
Make seed balls for spring planting and get ready to cheer for your favorite worm at the Earthworm Races. Learn more atwww.beaconfoodforest.org.
Bastyr University
Learn about whole foods with hands-on activities led by Bastyr University faculty and students. Learn more at www.bastyr.edu.
Beecher's Flagship Foundation
Learn how to become a food detective and take home a spice pack and recipe for a wholesome, delicious vegetarian chili popular with kids. Learn more at www.flagshipfoundation.org
Bon Appétit
Discover how local food goes from the farm to the table and what it takes to continue to grow healthy food for our community and future generations. Learn more at www.bamco.com/timeline/
City Fruit
Learn about fruit that grows right in your backyard with a dried-fruit tasting game for kids! For more information and for volunteer opportunities, visit cityfruit.org
FareStart
Sample kid-friendly healthy snacks. Learn more at www.farestart.org.
Green Plate Special
See where vegetables come from and taste a variety of delicious results. Learn more at www.greenplatespecial.org.
Heifer International
Experience what others in the world eat and the importance of small scale farming. Find out how you can help feed others around the world. Learn more at www.heifer.org/
Katherine Pryor
Taste spinach through story with children's book author Katherine Pryor who will read her picture book, "Sylvia's Spinach," and lead an optional spinach tasting. Learn more at www.katherinepryor.com.
Ocheami
Immerse yourself in West African culture through drumming, dance, games, and storytelling – Ghana-style. Learn more at www.ocheami.org.
Readers to Eaters
Explore and read a selection of books about food literacy, specially curated by Readers to Eaters for children and families. Learn more atwww.readerstoeaters.com.
Rick Swann
Experience not just how vegetables grow, but how a community can grow from a garden with children's author Rick Swann sharing from his book “Our School Garden!” Learn more at www.rickswann.com/
The Seattle Public Library
Find out about all the garden, food sustainability and cooking resources available through the library, including the upcoming Edible Gardening series. Learn more at www.spl.org.
Seattle Tilth
Create your own newspaper pot and plant a seed to take home to nurture. Learn more at www.seattletilth.org.
Solid Ground
Help the Lettuce Link program repackage bulk vegetable seeds into individual packets to pass out at food banks. Learn more at: www.solid-ground.org/
Tanzanian Community
Taste traditional Tanzanian food while exploring recipes, spices and more.
Washington State Fair Traveling Farm
Experience farm fun with interactive learning activities, including matching farming tools to crops and sitting on a child-sized tractor. Learn more at www.thefair.com/education/
WSU Extension/4-H
Participate in hands-on activities to learn about foods from around the world and how to start your own plants from seeds. Learn more atwww.4h.wsu.edu. "
Highlights of the day will include:
• Hands-on games and art activities that show how easy and exciting it can be to make a difference – one seed or book at a time
• Innovative tools and ideas that help farmers and families around the world
• Storytime with children's book authors Katherine Pryor and Rick Swan who will lead kids in a discussion about gardening and the importance of trying new foods
• Discovering fun, family-friendly volunteer opportunities in your community
• Performance by Ocheami
• Sampling food from Tanzania and Ethiopia
• Learning local and global food facts from different community organizations
RSVP to be notified about event updates and to let us know you’re coming! (Note: Facebook RSVP not required to attend).
Who You’ll Find At Family Day:
1,000 Days
Learn about global food and nutrition while sharing your story on what good nutrition means to you. Learn more at www.thousanddays.org.
Beacon Food Forest
Make seed balls for spring planting and get ready to cheer for your favorite worm at the Earthworm Races. Learn more atwww.beaconfoodforest.org.
Bastyr University
Learn about whole foods with hands-on activities led by Bastyr University faculty and students. Learn more at www.bastyr.edu.
Beecher's Flagship Foundation
Learn how to become a food detective and take home a spice pack and recipe for a wholesome, delicious vegetarian chili popular with kids. Learn more at www.flagshipfoundation.org
Bon Appétit
Discover how local food goes from the farm to the table and what it takes to continue to grow healthy food for our community and future generations. Learn more at www.bamco.com/timeline/
City Fruit
Learn about fruit that grows right in your backyard with a dried-fruit tasting game for kids! For more information and for volunteer opportunities, visit cityfruit.org
FareStart
Sample kid-friendly healthy snacks. Learn more at www.farestart.org.
Green Plate Special
See where vegetables come from and taste a variety of delicious results. Learn more at www.greenplatespecial.org.
Heifer International
Experience what others in the world eat and the importance of small scale farming. Find out how you can help feed others around the world. Learn more at www.heifer.org/
Katherine Pryor
Taste spinach through story with children's book author Katherine Pryor who will read her picture book, "Sylvia's Spinach," and lead an optional spinach tasting. Learn more at www.katherinepryor.com.
Ocheami
Immerse yourself in West African culture through drumming, dance, games, and storytelling – Ghana-style. Learn more at www.ocheami.org.
Readers to Eaters
Explore and read a selection of books about food literacy, specially curated by Readers to Eaters for children and families. Learn more atwww.readerstoeaters.com.
Rick Swann
Experience not just how vegetables grow, but how a community can grow from a garden with children's author Rick Swann sharing from his book “Our School Garden!” Learn more at www.rickswann.com/
The Seattle Public Library
Find out about all the garden, food sustainability and cooking resources available through the library, including the upcoming Edible Gardening series. Learn more at www.spl.org.
Seattle Tilth
Create your own newspaper pot and plant a seed to take home to nurture. Learn more at www.seattletilth.org.
Solid Ground
Help the Lettuce Link program repackage bulk vegetable seeds into individual packets to pass out at food banks. Learn more at: www.solid-ground.org/
Tanzanian Community
Taste traditional Tanzanian food while exploring recipes, spices and more.
Washington State Fair Traveling Farm
Experience farm fun with interactive learning activities, including matching farming tools to crops and sitting on a child-sized tractor. Learn more at www.thefair.com/education/
WSU Extension/4-H
Participate in hands-on activities to learn about foods from around the world and how to start your own plants from seeds. Learn more atwww.4h.wsu.edu. "
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