Welcome to the second Harvest of the Month: sweet potatoes!
Sweet Potatoes will be available at your school on Monday, November 18th by 1 pm.
What to do?
- Contact your teacher to schedule a time for your tasting.
- Check with your teacher if any students have food allergies.
- Take the Harvest of the Month home and prepare them for your tasting! There are many recipe ideas included in the handouts, but you can always keep it simple.
- Look over the curriculum and plan key education nuggets you think your class will enjoy.
- Return the green canvas bag the produce came in to the pick up location.
Resources
Sweet potato fun facts
- Different from yams: Even though people sometimes call them yams, sweet potatoes and yams are actually different vegetables. Yams are starchier and drier. (Source: Library of Congress)
- Different colors: Sweet potatoes come in many colors, including orange, purple, and white. The different colors mean they have different nutrients. (Source: North Carolina SweetPotato Commission)
- Super healthy: Sweet potatoes are packed with vitamins and minerals like vitamin A, vitamin C, and potassium. They are great for keeping your body strong and healthy. (Source: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
- Grow in the ground: Sweet potatoes grow underground. You can dig them up like buried treasure! (Source: KidsGardening)
- Ancient food: Sweet potatoes have been around for thousands of years. Scientists believe they were first cultivated in Central or South America. (Source: Smithsonian Magazine)
Sweet potato recipes
Produce pick up locations
- Creekside: Front office
- Donner Trail: Front office (produce goes on the Donner Trail bus at 8 am)
- Glenshire: Front office
- Kings Beach: Teacher lounge (across from the main office)
- SELS: Front office
- Tahoe Lake: Outside main office
- Truckee: Teacher lounge (across from the main office)