Garrison School 5th Graders Harvest and Cook at Glynwood

The Garrison School 5th grade got to see first hand where their food comes from and how it get's on their plates today.

Upon arrival, the two classes split into two groups: One group toured the farm with Carolyn Llewellyn, Glynwood's farm educator, and the other group headed to the kitchen with Chef Laurie Gershgorn.

The featured vegetable of the month: Kale (with some Beets on the side).

Garrison 5th grader pulls up a bunch of scallions in the demo garden.

The first group in the kitchen cutting up beets.

and turnips for a roasted root veggie side dish.

They separated the beet and turnip greens for the next group's dish.

Chef Laurie teaches the group good knife skills.

All the students learned the proper way to safely use a knife.

Meanwhile, the first group collected eggs from the hen house for the kale and beet green frittata they will make.

Then the groups switched and the second group went into the kitchen and made a frittata with the eggs and greens they collected.

And finally the two groups got together and feasted on their culinary creations:

Roasted Beets and Turnips, and Kale and Beet Greens Frittata.

Mark your calendars: These dishes will be served at the Garrison School on Tuesday, November 13th by the PTA lunch team The Macho Nachos for all students to try!