Issue link: https://cp.revolio.com/i/341630
Abby's Magazine - July / August 2014 | Page 25 (cofounders of The Kitchen) eager to build rela onships with local farmers. Now, a true farm-to- table meal—the "farm lunch"—is one of the central experiences every week at camp. The children harvest the produce, wash and prepare the foods in the farm store kitchen, create invita ons for the farm staff, make place mats, cook the meal, and enjoy ea ng together with the en re farm family. "There's real enchantment with it," says Paul. "We want kids to walk away with the feeling that food can be special every day, not just on Thanksgiving. "We take a humanist approach to local food," con nues Paul, who has a graduate degree in philosophy. "We want to support local foods across genera ons and economic status." With two kids of their own now, ages six and 20 months, their goals for the farm are modest: "We just want to feed the people who live around 75th and Valmont"; but their inspiring commitment to local foods has already spread well beyond state lines. Former interns are now star ng their own farms in Nebraska and Texas and as far afield as New York. "I just got a text today from a friend who saw Anne's picture in an office building in New York City," reports Paul. A few years ago Anne was featured in an info-art piece, "Community Supported Agriculture," created by Douglas Gayeton, the ar st and photographer whose work on sustainable food systems has turned into a na onal mul pla orm educa onal effort called the Lexicon of Sustainability. Gayeton and his team also created a short film featuring Anne, which aired on PBS. However families become inspired to connect with local foods in their community, they don't have to go to great lengths to tap into kids' thirst for growing, their natural curiosity, says Paul. "It can be as simple as growing something in a red Solo cup on your windowsill," he encourages. "Go to the pumpkin patch, pick apples, par cipate in seasonal opportuni es to be out on farms. Then bring those foods home and cook meals together." % Thru August