'Aina In Schools...

Waialua has applied for and received grants from the Kokua Hawaii Foundation

for the last several years to have a program called "'Aina in Schools"

this program focuses on farm to table and also good nutrition for students.

Volunteers present a presentation once a month to the students

and this is followed by some type of "healthy" food.

this time it was a smoothie that was made with taro.

the kids really liked it.

Kokua Hawaii Foundation was started by Jack Johnson and his wife.

It's because of this program that schools no longer use plastic luau trays for lunch.

And many schools have gardens that they grow their own produce that can be used in 

school lunches.

I just noticed that even the cups that are used, are biodegradable.

'Aina in Schools is a very, very good thing!