By Shannon Royster
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eleven-year-old Jacob Swart made his first deviled
egg Thursday, and he learned a little bit about gardening as well.
"I learned how to keep stuff warm in the winter, so it doesn't get killed
by the frost," he said.
Thanks to The Carrot Academy and Good Food for Good People, Jacob and other
local home- schooled children get to participate in, "The Teaching Kitchen."
It's a program that teaches them how to plant, pull, cook and eat
vegetables. Natalie Clements says it's music to a parent's ears.
She has two children who attend. "Without this exposure, we would be
very set in the ways we would normally eat. We wouldn't have this
education, "she said.
Carrot Academy's Jilah Kilil says she hopes the entire community follows the
lead of the students. That's why the academy is open to anyone who
wants to learn to cook, garden and eat healthy. "If you know where
your food comes from, whether you grow it yourself or you learn about the
farmers who bring it in, you have a bigger appreciation for what you're doing
with it," said Jilah.
When you're ready to change your eating habits Jilah says you can come to
them, or they'll come to you.
