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Food to grow: Junior lessons in nutrition

Helen O'Callaghan looks at a project to teach children all about plants.

Food to grow: Junior lessons in nutrition

Mon, 17 Jun, 2019 - 21:00

Helen O’Callaghan

The 21 children in Andrew Foley’s senior infant class were shocked to see him eat a stem of cress straight from the pot.

‘You can’t be eating flowers’, they told him.

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