Tuesday October 16, 2012

WILLIAMSTOWN -- Students at Mount Greylock Regional High School kept busy harvesting kale, tomatoes, squash and pumpkins from the school garden this fall.

To celebrate their harvest, the Garden Club and Greylock Cooks! hosted a harvest party earlier this month at the high school.

There was no cost for the potluck dinner, where guests were encouraged to bring a dish to share and to use local ingredients in their recipes.

The garden was first planted in spring 2010, and has been maintained by the student-run Garden Club, the Youth Environmental Squad and interns from Williams College.

Seasonal produce from the garden is used by cafeteria staff in school lunches during the school year and is donated in the summer to the Berkshire Food Project through the Williams College WRAPS program.

Rebecca Green, biology and environmental science teacher, is the faculty advisor to the school Garden Club.


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