Middle school greenhouse opens doors in Mamaroneck, New York

From The Mamaroneck Daily Voice:

On March 6, Mamaroneck, N.Y., students officially opened the Hommocks Middle School Greenhouse, an interactive learning center where children will be able to actively participate in the national movement toward sustainability and increasing youth awareness of the environment.

Seventh-grade students are harvesting their first crop of baby leaf lettuce to make room to plant new greens, including kale, as well as tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Also growing right now in the greenhouse is spinach, romaine, corn mache, cucumbers, basil, parsley, and oregano. At the event, the students took their first taste of the new greens with vinaigrettes and salad dressings they prepared.

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