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Published on: 9/28/2005
Last Visited: 9/29/2005
"I think that there is a major disconnect between kids and where their food comes from," said Caitlin Blethen, who works for the Washington State University Extension Service program that founded the garden.
The community garden, on the elementary school campus, is celebrating its first successful summer at a garden party Thursday.
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Blethen, coordinator of Food Sense and the 4-H program, approached Hazel Dell Elementary about the project.She surveyed the area and found a lack of such gardens.
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Blethen boiled some garden-grown potatoes for the kids to sample with ketchup.
Preparation is intentionally simple, Blethen said.