Seeds of change

WITH her kitchen garden program, Stephanie Alexander is connecting children in 250 primary schools to the natural world. She mounts a good case that other schools should follow.

MY happiest childhood memories are of pottering in the vegetable garden with my mum, plucking raspberries, popping peas, chatting about the day.

Now I look back, I can see what an important time that was for incidental learning about the environment, life cycles and nutrition.

It's an issue close to the heart of cook and food writer Stephanie Alexander, who is connecting schoolchildren to the natural world through her kitchen garden program.

Her story in today's magazine is inspiring and important: 250 primary schools around the country have adopted her program.

She mounts a good case that every other school should follow.