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  • Page B-3 ce tae) Bae > y 7% a eee ee Briton Bennett, Contributing Writer Students from Western Carolina Universitys Nutri- tion and Dietetics Program have been working with fac- ulty and staff at Cullowhee Valley School to educate elementary students on the connection between local food and healthy eating. Olivia Jacobs, a senior in the Nutrition and Dietetics Program, is working with the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) to pioneer the farm-to- school program at Cullo- whee Valley School. Jacobs works eight to ten hours each week teaching students at CVS about healthy, local foods. Four classes at CVS maintain a garden in a plot of land adjacent to the school. From beets to Swiss chard, CVS students help plant, water and harvest a variety of produce through- - out the year, In addition to the food education, teachers '-can use the farm-to-school "initiative and the garden to teach any subject, said _ Littman. Teachers at CVS _ have used the garden as a tool to. educate in a variety ~ of ways. A rain gauge helps students learn about science ~ and math while they observe ,and record the data each day. Other classes have gone into "the garden to learn language arts and to write poetry. r Students also get to enjoy the food that they are learn- Catamount Western's WCU News Services : With about half of the bricks for the first section of the Western Carolina Uni- , versity Catamount Legacy Walk commissioned, facili- : tators are expanding public- ity efforts in hopes of having the first section installed be- fore spring commencement. A fundraiser for a student -emergency fund, the Cata- mount Legacy Walk honors each. $125, tax-deductible _ donation with a 4-by-8-inch, reddish-orange brick paver to be engraved with a cus- tomized message from the donor and installed on cam- pus. Organizers will be shar- ing information about the walk at upcoming alumni and athletics events. Eighty percent of each 4 4) 4) 4, & & tJ 4) & ing about. On Wednesdays, Jacobs teams up with Nicole Austin, a WCU nutrition and dietetics graduate student, to provide the students with a taste test of locally available foods. The kids really en- joy trying new foods. They dont always like them, but they are still excited about trying them, said Austin. A surprising favorite among the kids was raw. cabbage from a local farm; the apple coleslaw, however, was not as well received, Austin said. Jacobs, Littman, and Austin all help plan the taste tests and decide on recipes each week. Littman and Jacobs also teach a lesson on Fridays to three classes (kindergarten through second grade) and then use local vegetables, occasionally harvested from the students own garden, - to cook in the classrooms. During a recent lesson on harvesting,, Littman and ' Jacobs helped the students harvest Swiss chard from their garden, cut fresh sweet peppers and local tomatoes from Shelton Family Farms in Whittier and put them into quesadillas. _ The most rewarding part about this is that the children remember what they have learned and they are still ex- cited about it, says Jacobs, who in addition to being an intern for ASAP is a stu- dent- athlete and takes a full course load at WCU. Nicole Austin, a gradu- Catamount Legacy Walk donation goes directly to the WCU Division of Student Affairs Student Emergency Fund, with the rernain- ing amount used for main- tenance of the walk and Alumni Tower. The student emergency fund, which is administered by a commit- tee, offers limited financial assistance when students are unable to meet immediate, essential expenses because of temporary hardship re- sulting from an emergericy. Students are encouraged, but not required, to pay back the money that they receive. Students have crises. We all have crises, said Jane Adams-Dunford, as- sistant vice chancellor for student affairs. This emer- gency fund can benefit many WESTERN CAROLINIAN ate student in WCUs Nutri- tion and Dietetics Program, hands elementary students a bite of locally grown foods during a taste test at Cullo- whee Valley School. Austin and other WCU students have been working to edu- cate students about healthy, locally grown foods. In order to gain a few ex- tra hands, Jacobs organizes two to three volunteers, usu- ally from the WCU Nutri- tion and Dietetics Program, to help each day. The farm-to-school pro- gram is a great tool to teach kids about the connection between healthy eating and local food, said April Tal- lant, assistant professor in the Nutrition and Dietet- ics program at WCU. Our diets are shaped around exposure, and by exposing the children to healthy, lo- cal foods early on, they are more likely to adopt healthy diet preferences in the fu- ture. In addition, the. pro- gram helps WCU nutrition students gain a civic-minded perspective, said Tallant. Both Tallant and Littman agree that local food in the " classroom not only educates students, but it also gives lo- cal farmers a new source of income, especially in rural areas whete they may have _ limited access to markets. The farm-to-school pro- gram is sponsored by ASAP, which received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Founda- es to fund the program, students, and I hope it inter- venes at the right moment so students still feel supported in pursuing their educational goals. About 50 bricks have been commissioned for the Catamount Legacy Walk so fat, said Adams-Dunford. When students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends commission a brick to honor student achievements or re- member-someone, they write a piece of the WCU history that will be preserved on this walk and leave a legacy for - students to come, said Ad- ams-Dunford. For more information or to purchase a brick, visit legacywalk.weu.edu online - or contact the Division of Student Affairs at 828-227- 7234. November 11th, 2011 Students hope the way to childrens minds is through their stomachs PHOTO SUBMIT TED Olivia Jacobs, a senior in the Nuttition and Dietetics Program at WCU, is working with the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project to pioneer the farm-to-school program at Cullowhee Valley School. Jacobs works eight to ten hours each week teaching students at CVS about healthy, local foods. Hor: more information about ASAP and the Farm-: to-School program, or to volunteer to help, contact Littman by email at seat asapconnections.org. To find out more about-the Nutri- tion and Dietetics cae it WCU, contact Wayne Billon, program director, at billon@email-weu.edu or by inlaian at 828-227-3528. > Legacy Walk fundraiser kicks into high gear PHOTOS SUBMITTED About half of the bricks for the first section of the Western Carolina University Catamount Legacy Walk have been commissioned. An example of a brick is pictured at left.
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