The Henley Beach school students are among 800 children across Australia to participate in a 14-school trial mushroom garden program over the next month.
The aim is to teach the next generation more about these health powerhouses, increasingly hailed as natural aids to reducing the risk of strokes, and breast and prostate cancer.
The Power of Mushrooms in Classrooms program will be co-ordinated by the Australian Mushroom Growers which has prepared special garden kits which will dovetail with English, Maths, Science, Technology, and Health and Wellbeing lessons for Years 4 and 5.
Mushroom Growers general manager Greg Seymour said students would be taught how to care for and harvest their crop, which would be used to cook up a special meal at school.
Each student would take home a bag of the produce to treat dad to a mushie feast on Father’s Day.
“It is an exciting chance to get involved, learn more about the way in which mushrooms are grown and their role in a healthy diet,” Mr Seymour said. “Students will monitor the progress from when pinheads first appear, through to the development of buttons and flat mushrooms.”
Mr Seymour said the mini-farm would produce a flush of mushrooms every eight to 10 days.
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