Yes, you're right. There are so many things we can build upon.
By having the schoolyard farm, we're making use of land that is otherwise unoccupied. It's using the schoolyard as a productive space for growing food, as well as a learning space. We've seen and witnessed that all the children are so much more engaged in their lunches and cheering for kale in their lunch because they grew it themselves. There really are these benefits when the children engage directly with planting, growing and watching the food being produced, and then they put that into their meals directly.
I think a national school food program can really help organizations like Fresh Roots continue to expand, build upon our curriculum, share these best practices with other schools and bring this opportunity for learning and engagement with good, healthy food in the schoolyards to more and more children.