Our mission is to inspire healthier lives by providing youth with joyful school gardening experiences and opportunities to eat the garden-fresh vegetables they've grown. Our vision is a vegetable garden in every school, leading to generations of healthy families throughout Delaware. Did you ever wonder what inspired our founder, Dr. Thianda Manzara, to start Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids? Watch her TEDxWilmington talk as she shares her enthusiasm for cooking, her background in science, and the benefits of vegetables as part of a healthy diet.
As part of Women's History Month we wanted to highlight some of the Mothers of Nature. Today we would like to introduce you to Wangari Maathai. Wangari founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmenta l organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and...
We couldn’t have asked for better weather to add the compost yesterday at Highlands Elementary School! Many thanks to the dedicated staff who helped prepare the garden for the students. We can’t wait to plant in just a few weeks.
High fives to caring supporters like YOU, HFHK reached our goal just after the official Do More 24 campaign ended. With your support we raised $2,032 dollars! We are grateful to everyone who participated in Do More 24 to empower us to do even more. What does that mean? Time to plant even more greens! Happy Spring! #DoMore24DE
This is an exciting time in planting, as we can begin starter seedlings for some of our summer crops! Onions can be started right now, and peppers and tomatoes in early April. Once they are ready, you can try this recipe for Fresh Mango Salsa.
Did you know that cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, cauliflower, and collards are all the same sp… https://t.co/8BXuwABvxu
Help your garden thrive! Learn about common garden pests and how to create a natural homemade pesticide. Join us on… https://t.co/Do8TJHHkoA
Come learn how to make a tasty treat! Join HFHK for a strawberry zucchini smoothie demo at 4:00 PM today! Tune in o… https://t.co/dPKj8H7OIv
Tip #22 #DoMore24DE: When planting tomato and pepper plants, wrap aluminum foil firmly around the bottom stem up to… https://t.co/Ps6MgwYEpJ
Tip #21 #DoMore24DE: About 90% of flowering plants need pollinators to pollinate their flowers for production of se… https://t.co/ssPS5TUxCi
Tip #19 #DoMore24DE: Did you know the flowers of radish, turnips, kale, bok choy, and arugula all rely on bees to… https://t.co/l6XGUh2ix9