Nonprofit Urban Roots teaches kids about food and nutrition. Most of the teaching is usually done at their urban farm on East 2nd Street in Reno.
"We're all about changing the way kids eat and learn using the garden as a lens for learning, getting them outside," said Jenny Angius with Urban Roots.
But this spring, the farm is closed to camps and field trips. So the group at Urban Roots decided to bring some of the farm home. They're selling at home activity kits online.
"There's opportunities for them to go outside and plant some seeds, we have recipe cards created by local chefs, there are hands-on activities like building a bee home, there's a book in there," Angius said. Our amazing team of educators have created these activity kits to support the kiddos in their learning process while they're at home, but also to support those parents, because it's a little chaotic for all of those moms and dads that are trying to work remotely while entertaining their children at home."
There are different kits for different age levels. A way get kids engaged, and support the urban roots mission.
"We really do want to get kids outside, we want them to focus on environmental stewardship, academic achievement, healthy eating and all of those components are inside these lovely little kits," Angius said. "Because we had to cancel our spring programming, that was revenue Urban Roots missed out on, so supporting a local nonprofit by purchasing these kits also supports families."
And there's a way to support other families. When you buy a kit online, you have the option of buying another to donate to the family of an essential worker. Urban Roots delivered nine of the kits to the Raley's in Northwest Reno this week.
"They're going to do a fun raffle for those," Angius said. "And we're hoping to get a lot more donations for more families. We've reached out to some of our other partners in healthcare and other grocery stores as well."
Fore more information, visit: https://www.urgc.org/urbanrootsathome or https://www.facebook.com/urbanrootsnv/
