The tons of produce gathered at a Denver Public Schools farm goes directly to students all across Denver, and the land provides a space for children to learn about where their food comes from.

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Denver Public Schools (DPS) operates a one-acre farm at Bradley International School, producing a variety of fruits and vegetables for distribution to all schools in the district. The farm, maintained by a dedicated farmer, uses traditional agricultural techniques to maximize yield, producing four tons of melons alone in the previous year.

The initiative not only supplies fresh produce to school cafeterias but also offers educational opportunities for students, who visit the farm to learn about food production. DPS dietitians highlight the importance of fresh, tasty produce in encouraging healthy eating habits among children. The program is noted as being unique for a district of DPS's size in the United States.

DPS farm produces ton of fresh produce for students across Denver

All right, so we still have a week before students in Colorado's largest school system, Denver Public Schools, will be returning to the classroom. Are you think Carlson is taking a trip to Bradley International School to show us just one of the farms? The district is now using to get fresh produce to each of their schools. This land is not only a great learning tool for kids, but it's also a way to get them fresh produce. I'm at Bradley International School where in the back they have this farm farmer to take care of it, and it's all run by Denver Public Schools. Rows and rows of fruits and veggies spaced just right. Getting better at gardening is just kind of figuring out where the line is between a little bit. Something going a little bit this way, a little bit that way. Mike Feddesen is a farmer hired by Denver Public Schools to maintain this one acre farm behind Bradley International School, planting melons, cantaloupe, watermelons and corn in between rows of plum trees. Not something I invented. This is 1000 year old practice that wizard human farmers have figured out a long time ago to to grow the most amount of food in a small area. Those ancient techniques set him up for success. Last year, this farm produced four tons of melons alone, and schools will often send students on field trips to check out where their food comes from. They get to watch it grow. They're invested in it. Then when you get it on the cafeteria line, they get to see kind of the fruits of their labors. Lindsay Long is a registered dietitian for DPS. She knows how important fresh produce is to kids, and this project is the main reason she decided to work for the school What we do here compared to the rest of the country for the size of district that we are where the 5th largest district in the country. No other district is doing this. The food grown here is distributed to each and every school in the DPS system based on their numbers of students. Hopefully they get both get pollinated. Well, you can give him a little shake to distribute the pollen and giving a little encouragement to kids to eat their vegetables. Because locally grown just tastes better. If fruits and vegetables don't taste good, it's hard to get kids to eat them. And it's apparent can can probably sympathize with that. Harvesting literal tons of produce to help grow young minds. I have chills on my arms because of what we get to do every single day for the kids in Denver. Ethan Carlson, Denver 7.

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