Kids Learn How Food Travels From the Farm to the Table

Cathy Agan, Crawford, Terri L., LSU AgCenter

Kids have a lot of questions about how food gets to their lunch boxes. The old joke is that a child wonders if chocolate milk comes from brown cows — and surveys show that many adults don’t even know the answer. But children do regularly inquire how the little carrots get in a plastic bag. And when teachers and nutritionists ask where their food comes from, kids often answer, “The grocery store.”