STUART — Martin County officials are introducing a new approach to nutrition education with the launch of three gardens designed to give students hands-on experience growing and preparing food.
The gardens are located at after-school program sites across the county, where children can take part in planting and maintaining crops while learning about healthy eating.
“These nutritional gardens are located at three of our community centers where our free after-school and summer camp programs take place. So we have one at the GAAP program, which is at the Cassidy Center in Lamar Howard Park. We’ve got one with the JASE program at the Community Center, and we have one with the REACH program at Costella Williams Learning Center in New Monrovia Park,” said Mario Arguelles, assistant parks and recreation director…