Breaking out of the clutches of having one of the highest poverty rates in Nebraska and the highest number of children living in poverty, a tribal nation school in Thurston County is literally creating food from the ground up and invigorating the community through its school garden.
Students at UMÓⁿHOⁿ Nation Public School learn the importance of growing healthy, freshly grown vegetables.
Students learn marketing skills at a Farmers Market, while selling vegetables they learned to grow at UMÓⁿHOⁿ Nation Public School.
With food insecurity high in Macy, Nebraska - UMÓⁿHOⁿ Nation Public School staff teaches students to grow their own tomatoes, Indian corn, onions and numerous other fresh vegetables.
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Tomatoes, potatoes, bell peppers, squash and zucchini are just a few of the vegetables that UMÓⁿHOⁿ Nation Public School students grow and sell.
This was shared as a quote from "Braiding Sweetgrass" Robin Wall Kimmerer: "In some Native languages, the term for plants translates to ‘Those who take care of us."
Reporter Amy Hadachek is a two-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and a storm chaser who earned her NWA and AMS Broadcast Meteorology Seals of Approval. She and her husband live on a diversified farm in Kansas. Reach her at amy.hadachek@midwestmessenger.com.
