Planting Potatoes for the Food Shelf

Today all four first grade classes had the special opportunity of planting potatoes for the Colchester Food Shelf (which is also our neighboring building!). Earlier this school year all classes at UMS collected food for the food shelf then brought it over so that we could learn about what the food shelf does in our community. It is very special that we are able to walk right next door and collaborate with the food shelf in our town! Today we learned how to plant potatoes and planted them in a patch right behind the food shelf building, which you can see in one of the photos below. In the fall, when our first graders have become second graders, they will get to return to the potato patch and dig up all the potatoes to donate to the food shelf! Below are some great photos of our class in action!

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