Green Options » cover crop http://greenoptions.com/tag/cover-crop Posts tagged 'cover crop' Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:56:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Gardening with Kids Promotes Environmentalism: 6 Benefits of Fall Cover Crops http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/06/gardening-with-kids-promotes-environmentalism-6-benefits-of-fall-cover-crops/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/06/gardening-with-kids-promotes-environmentalism-6-benefits-of-fall-cover-crops/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:56:01 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/06/gardening-with-kids-promotes-environmentalism-6-benefits-of-fall-cover-crops/ crimson clover fall cover cropA new study by O.M. Aguilar, a graduate assistant in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University, confirms what previous studies and parents know:  Gardening with children makes them more sensitive to environmental issues. As reported in LOHAS, the study found:

Test results indicated that children that had any type of experience with gardening had more positive attitudes toward the environment when compared with students that had not gardened. The study showed that hands-on gardening activities are important to the development of environmentally concerned citizens, and that children’s involvement in informal gardening experiences has as much impact on their environmental outlook as involvement in formal school-based programs.

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