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TO DELAWARE COUNTY NOW WHERE

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KINDERGARTNERS ATTENDING

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DALEVILLE SCHOOLS ARE SOWING THE

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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OF THEIR

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LABOR THROUGH A HANDS-ON PROGRAM

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TEACHING THEM VALUABLE LESSONS

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ABOUT GROWING AND EATING HEALTHY

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FOOD.

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>> I PLANT THEM. AND I PUT SOME

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WATER ON THEM AND I GAVE THEM

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WATER EVERY DAY. SEEDS NEED OIL

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AND WATER AND SUNLIGHT AND RAIN.

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>> DALEVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

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IS USING A $50,000 FARM TO

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SCHOOL GRANT FROM THE USDA TO

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TEACH THESE YOUNG STUDENTS HOW

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TO PLANT, GROW AND HARVEST

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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

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NOT ONLY ARE THE KIDS GROWING

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HEALTHY FOOD, THEY'RE ALSO

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EATING IT IN THE SCHOOL

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CAFETERIA.

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FOR MORE ON THE KINDERGARDEN'

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PROGRAM, I'M PLEASED TO BE

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JOINED BY DALEVILLE COMMUNITY

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SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT GREG

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ROACH.

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GREG, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

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>> THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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>> THIS IS REALLY A FASCINATING

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INITIATIVE, I THINK, AND WHILE

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THIS GRANT IS NEW, THIS IS

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REALLY AN EXTENSION OF YOUR

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OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

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THAT YOU'VE HAD THERE IN THE

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SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR SOME TIME.

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>> YES, IT IS.

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WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE AREA

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OUTSIDE OUR LEARNING LAB THAT

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CONTAINS OVER 100 APPLE TREES AS

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PART OF THAT AREA.

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AND THIS GRANT HAS ENABLED US TO

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CAPITALIZE ON WHAT WE ALREADY

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HAVE TO ADD AND EXTEND IT TO OUR

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KINDERGARTEN

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>> THE FORMER PRINCIPAL TOOK THE

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LEAD ON WRITING THIS GRANT

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PROPOSAL, COMPETITIVE PROCESS,

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$50,000 FROM THE US DA.

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TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS ENABLING

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YOU TO DO

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>> >> WE STARTED WITH STUDENTS

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PLANTING THEIR OWN VEGETABLES

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HERE IN THE FALL AND JUST

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WATCHING THOSE VEGETABLES GROW,

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AND PROGRESS ALONG.

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THE GRANT ALSO ENABLED US TO

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INSTALL 80X20 GREENHOUSE THAT WE

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CAN UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE

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WINTER AND EARLY SPRING TO START

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PLANTS AS WE GO THROUGH.

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WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO HIRE A

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HORTICULTURIST WHO OVERSEES THE

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ENTIRE PROGRAM, AND ALSO GOES IN

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AND PUSHES INTO THE KINDERGARTEN

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CLASSROOM AND PROVIDES LESSONS

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ON GROWING PLANTS AND PROPER

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TECHNIQUES TO MAKE SURE THEY

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THRIVE

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>> APPLE SAUCE IS A SPECIALTY.

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YOU HAVE AN APPLE ORCHARD WHERE

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THEY ARE GROWN AND IT TURNS INTO

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APPLE SAUCE.

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>> YES.

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THIS FALL WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

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TO SEND OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

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OUT TO THE ORCHARD AND COLLECT

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SEVERAL BUSHELS OF APPLES, WE

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BROUGHT THOSE BACK INTO OUR

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ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA, AND OUR

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COOKS AND OUR KITCHEN MADE APPLE

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SAUCE, AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN

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DISTRIBUTING THAT BACK OUT TO

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OUR STUDENTS DURING LUNCH AND

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TELLING THEM THAT THOSE APPLES

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WERE GROWN RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD

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IN OUR OUTDOOR LEARNING LAB

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>> TALK ABOUT IN YOUR VIEW,

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GREG, THE OUTCOMES, THE IMPACTS

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THIS PROGRAM IS HAVING, A LOT OF

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TALK ABOUT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

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AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION.

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THIS WOULD SEEM TO BE THAT.

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AND EVEN MORE WHEN IT COMES TO

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THE IMPACT IT IS HAVING ON THESE

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VERY YOUNG STUDENTS.

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>> YES.

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WE REALLY WANT OUR STUDENTS TO

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LEARN HOW TO GROW THEIR OWN

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FOOD.

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WE FEEL LIKE THAT WILL ENABLE

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THEM TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES,

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AND ALL OF OUR FOOD IS GROWN

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ORGANICALLY, SO WE'RE TEACHING

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THEM A LESSON THERE TO GROW

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HEALTHY ORGANIC FOOD.

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WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT

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IT'S CHEAPER, AND READILY

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ACCESSIBLE IN OUR TIME RIGHT NOW

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OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUES.

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IT'S ALWAYS OUT IN THEIR GARDEN

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IF THEY PROPERLY RAISE THE FOOD.

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AND THEN ALSO JUST TO HAVE A

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JOYABLE LIFELONG ACTIVITY THAT

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THEY CAN DO THROUGHOUT THE REST

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OF THEIR LIVES AND MAYBE TAKE IT

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HOME TO THEIR FAMILY AND START A

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GARDEN OF THEMSELVES IF THEY

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DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE

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>> ARE YOU LEARNING LESSONS FROM

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OTHER PROGRAMS ELSEWHERE, OR DO

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YOU FIND THAT THIS PROGRAM IS

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RATHER UNIQUE HERE IN INDIANA?

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>> IT'S REALLY RATHER UNIQUE IN

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INDIANA.

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WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WHAT WE

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HAVE -- ALREADY HAD ESTABLISHED

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WITH THE OUTDOOR LEARNING LAB.

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BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A GREAT

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WAY TO TAKE WHAT WE ALREADY HAD,

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ENCHANCE THAT, AND GROW IT AND

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BRING IT DOWN TO OUR

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KINDERGARTEN AND START AT A VERY

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YOUNG AGE WITH AN ULTIMATE GOAL

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OF A K-12 PROGRAM

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>> YOU TALK ABOUT THAT ULTIMATE

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GOAL, YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

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THIS A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM FOR

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THE LONG-TERM.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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WE HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME SALES

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OF TREES THAT WE HAD IN OUR

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GREENHOUSE TO RAISE FUNDS TO

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HELP SUSTAIN PAST THIS ONE-YEAR

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GRANT CYCLE.

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WE'LL PLANT SEEDS NEXT YEAR FOR

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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND SELL

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THOSE STARTS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE

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PLANNING THEIR GARDENS IN THE

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SPRING.

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WE'LL START IN LATE WINTER TO

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GET THOSE SEEDS GOING.

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THEN WE'LL ALSO APPLY FOR THE

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USDA FARM SCHOOL GRANT AGAIN TO

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TRY AND GET MORE FUNDING TO

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SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM

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>> AN INNOVATIVE FARM TO SCHOOL

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GRANT IS REALLY FUELING AN

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INNOVATIVIVE PROGRAM AT

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DALEVILLE IN DELAWARE COUNTY.

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GREG ROACH, THE SUPERINTENDENT

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THERE.

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WE'LL COME BACK AND DO AN

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UPDATE, A FASCINATING STORY.

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>> WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN

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THE SPRING WHEN OUR PLANTS ARE