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2016 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Helping Kids Sprout with a Farmers Market Children’s Program

Student(s):

Katia Wirganowicz

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Leah Litwak & Lindsay Nessel

Partner(s):

  • Carnation Farmers Market

Faculty advisor(s):

Eli Wheat, Program on the Environment, University of Washington

Many families find that there are accessibility barriers to farmers markets that prevent them from attending. I wanted to research this problem during my internship with the Carnation Farmers Market. I facilitated an educational and interactive children’s program (Market Sprouts) and was interested in researching how implementing such a program can increase accessibility to a farmers market, and thus alter children’s nutrition. I surveyed parents to determine the value and impact of such a program and I found that an educational children’s program integrated into a farmers market setting encourages families to attend market, which improves household nutrition.