School officials plan garden to help fight obesity - Miami Herald

School officials plan garden to help fight obesity


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Children in one South Florida school district will begin growing fruits and vegetables as part of an effort to fight against childhood obesity.

The Palm Beach County School District received a $360,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to grow the food and learn to eat better during the next four years.

The district will focus the program in a central Palm Beach County area where many residents are poor.

A district official said the district will organize farmers' markets where the food will be sold or given away.