By: Kathryn B.
We have had an exciting few weeks sharing our newest program, Poughkeepsie Food Power @ Home, and freshly grown produce with Poughkeepsie families!
Since we started distributing food with Poughkeepsie City School District, our education team has been hearing that people are ready to grow their own food, make fewer trips to the store, and find a fun way to do it with the whole family! So on May 6th, we launched Poughkeepsie Food Power @ Home, an online version of Poughkeepsie Farm Project’s kid-friendly family cooking and gardening classes. The first round will last for 7 weeks, and we are thrilled to have filled all 100 spots with City of Poughkeepsie families!
Each week, we are creating online tutorials in English and Spanish for cooking and container gardening activities as well as distributing the gardening supplies or ingredients needed to do these activities at home. We are hoping that by providing families with recipe kits and established plants, they can enjoy family projects while gaining skills and comfort with gardening and cooking with children.
Sonya Joy cooking Locro de Papa for PFP@H
The menu features delicious dishes with cultural roots that contain only 5 simple ingredients, so families can prepare satisfying meals with less time, effort, and resources.The first recipe is a delicious Andean potato soup called Locro de Papa! We’ve included recipes that kids can do safely with their own kid-friendly kitchen tools, and some that adults will do with help from the whole family.
The gardening component includes an online tutorial on how to care for and harvest edible garden plants and is focused on quick-growing options. We had such a fun time talking about microgreens kits the first week with families! We heard from many people that it was their first time growing their own food. We’ll be offering tips on other small container options like baby greens and herbs, and large containers for those with more space!
After this initial round, we plan to use feedback from families to enhance the program moving forward. If you did not sign up before the program was full, you can join the wait list and follow along with your own supplies. Make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel so you don’t miss any of the new content!
See all the PFP@H content on the web page.
Week 1: Learn to Plant Microgreens at Home with Lala M: