How to teach kids how to like healthy foods

Courtney McAlister minds her peas and cukes -- and then eats them, happily. The 11-year-old sixth-grader and her two younger sisters help tend a quarter-acre garden near Union Square in Somerville, where they grow and then harvest not just peas and cucumbers but also herbs like rosemary and tarragon, and tomatoes, and zucchini. (Full article: 1006 words)

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