Animals are not humans

By Michele Payn | January 22, 2019 |

In a society where we embrace rodents as cartoon characters, give pigs a political voice, and fill advertisements with grinning cows, we seem to forget that animals do not have the same intelligence or abilities as humans. Animals’ lives deserve to be respected and valued—but they are not humans. As such, animals have different housing…

Does a learning garden teach more than food and farming?

By Invited Guest Blogger | September 20, 2012 |

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How do we teach our children where their food comes from? Guest blogger, Bobbi Kleinshmidt shows that learning gardens at schools increase a student’s self-esteem, understanding of nutrition, non-verbal communication skills, positive attitudes about the environment – and raises science scores.