UTILIZAÇÃO DE BOAS PRÁTICAS DE CULTIVO E MANEJO DE HORTALIÇAS PARA UMA ALIMENTAÇÃO ESCOLAR SAUDÁVEL

Abstract

The vegetable garden in the school environment is not restricted to food production. It can be used and worked as an information and training strategy for issues related to environmental, eating and nutritional education for the whole community involved. In rural areas, especially for students from low-income communities, healthy eating improves students' well-being and learning. The project promoted an interaction between students of the Federal University of Uberlândia and the community of the Alvarenga Peixoto Rural Municipal School, in Tupaciguara, Minas Gerais state, promoting information and experiences exchange and dissemination of technical and scientific knowledge. Several nutrient-rich vegetable species were planted in the vegetable garden. Dissemination and use of good cultivation and vegetable management practices, how the soil is prepared, seeds and seedlings handling, monitoring of the germination process, care for the maintenance of the cultivated area and environmental values fostering have become an extension of the knowledge acquired in classroom by students of all grades of elementary education. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]