Schuylerville Kids “Caught Eating Veggies”

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SCHUYLERVILLE — The students at Schuylerville Elementary were very excited to get “caught” eating their vegetables!

Sarah Keen, the Foodservice Manager at Schuylerville Central School District, partnered with local King Brothers Dairy to provide a “Caught Eating Veggies” contest the week of December 7.  If students were “caught” eating their vegetables they would receive a ticket.  The tickets were collected for each class and counted. At the end of the week, the top class in each grade won an ice cream party donated by King Brothers Dairy.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County’s Farm to School Coordinator, Nicolina Foti asked students about their experience, vegetables they tried, and what their favorites were.   

“This was so well received! Multiple parents emailed to tell me how excited their kids were about the contest, and even kids who pack lunch were begging their parents to put veggies in it. The kitchen went through nearly double our usual quantities of veggies during the contest. It was so nice to do something fun and ‘normal’,” said Keen.

The Farm to School program for Saratoga county has been working to keep things going during these unfortunate and unusual times of COVID-19. It was excellent to get back into the school and get to hear firsthand how this program impacts students all over our county, said Foti.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County’s Farm to School Coordinator, Nicolina Foti.