Gretchen Czaja, healthy foods educator and provider at Woodstock Elementary School, helps her daughter, fifth grader Ada Mahood, 10, cut a tough carrot while preparing the locally grown carrot sticks for the cafeteria salad bar with sixth graders Claudia Shoemaker, 12, left, and Remy Malik, 11, in Woodstock, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The students volunteered in the kitchen for their weekly half hour of choice time in Woodstock, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The school purchases meat and produce from local farms and encourages students to participate in the preparation of some foods to serve in the lunchroom. “We want the kids to come in and not be afraid of what goes on in here,” said Czaja. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Gretchen Czaja, healthy foods educator and provider at Woodstock Elementary School, helps her daughter, fifth grader Ada Mahood, 10, cut a tough carrot while preparing the locally grown carrot sticks for the cafeteria salad bar with sixth graders Claudia Shoemaker, 12, left, and Remy Malik, 11, in Woodstock, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The students volunteered in the kitchen for their weekly half hour of choice time in Woodstock, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The school purchases meat and produce from local farms and encourages students to participate in the preparation of some foods to serve in the lunchroom. “We want the kids to come in and not be afraid of what goes on in here,” said Czaja. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
