Monroe News-Star
Swartz Upper Elementary School fourth grader Emma Vidrine knows her way around the garden. After bringing home a newly sprouted cabbage at the end of last school year, she transformed the small plant into a state-award-winning, 9-pound leafy prize.
As a third grader, Emma, alongside her classmates, received a cabbage transplant to take home and grow on their own as part of the Bonnie Plants 3rd Grade Cabbage Program. The program, which spans 48 states, gives third graders cabbages to cultivate themselves. This year, almost 200,000 third graders across the country participated in the program.