Montana FoodCorps has quietly pioneered healthy eating for cities and schools

Members of Montana's FoodCorps, who've been quietly operating in cities and towns across the state for five years now - and whose model has been adopted on the national level, with the launching this summer of FoodCorps in 10 states with 50 new workers.

The idea behind FoodCorps is not only to bring locally produced foods into schools, but also to combat obesity and improve nutrition among kids, by showing them firsthand how healthy food is produced and serving it to them at school.

Backyard nature site links to earthworm culture, gardening references

My gardening efforts led to curiosity about earthworms and other creatures encountered in the garden. Jim educates us in all these matters - and painlessly encourages our curiosity. You're always a child when you're down in the dirt again.