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.
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.