Organic Kids | Rodale Institute

In Kids & Families you'll find fun activities, important information and useful resources about organic food.

Whether cooking nutritious Food, finding ideas for Science Fair projects, learning how the Carbon Cycle contributes to Global Warming, or starting your own school Garden, you can find activities here suitable for the home or school.

Learning from labels
Ever wondered what those nutritional labels on your food really mean? Use this activity from the People's Grocery Peer Nutrition Educators to help your class or group increase their nutrition awareness.
Urban Harvest
This grassroots citizens' group deep in the heart of Texas has started more than 100 community-oriented garden projects now flourishing in school yards, vacant lots, abandoned land and more.

Garden Project serves ex-cons, at-risk youth and families in need
Training and educating former offenders and at-risk youth while transforming the urban environment.
UK battles rising cost of a healthy school lunch
Schools everywhere are struggling to keep healthy lunches on the menu.
Victory gardens
Families and communities are getting the garden bug and growing their own.
Lunchroom economics
Schools abandon healthy lunch options to cut costs.
Blogger touts new WIC guidelines
New rules do more to encourage fresh fruits/veggies, whole grains and breastfeeding.
Cost is a barrier to a healthy school lunch
With only a dollar per kid to spend, school districts have challenges embracing “organic” and “local”