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The People's Garden
Second-grade students at Keane Elementary School in Schenectady worked Monday in The People's Garden at the school. Youngsters in the city's elementary schools are learning about healthy food by growing it. Officials hope the effort encourages the kids to eat more vegetables at lunch. Posted on June 13, 2012.
Denise Kolankowski, a senior resource educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension, works Monday with second-grade students at Keane Elementary School in Schenectady on The People's Garden.
Denise Kolankowski, a senior resource educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension, works Monday with second-grade students at Keane Elementary School in Schenectady on The People's Garden.
Honesty Collins, 8, a second-grade student at Keane Elementary School in Schenectady, waters plants Monday in The People's Garden.
Mercedes Pendt, 8, a second-grade student at Keane Elementary School in Schenectady, smiles Monday as she learns about plants in The People's Garden.
Keane Elementary School second-grade students, from left, Miguel Lopez, Treyvon Womack and Bilal Allen, all 8, learn Monday about plants in The People's Garden at the Schenectady school/
Students of Keane Elementary School in Schenectady bring their lunch into the cafeteria after having them photographed on Monday.
Angela Tompkins of Cornell Cooperative Extension, right, and Kathy Sen of the Schenectady County Public Health Department photograph the lunches of Keane Elementary School students on Monday.
Lunch on Monday at Keane Elementary School in Schenectady consisted of fried mozzarella sticks, tomato sauce, 1-percent milk, canned apricots and graham crackers.
Angela Tompkins of Cornell Cooperative Extension, right, and Kathy Sen of the Schenectady County Public Health Department photograph the lunches of Keane Elementary School students on Monday.
Students at Keane Elementary School in Schenectady eat lunch on Monday.
Angela Tompkins of Cornell Cooperative Extension, right, and Kathy Sen of the Schenectady County Public Health Department, center, photograph the lunches of Keane Elementary School students on Monday.
