Eating healthy can start with building a connecting with food. Kids are more likely to eat food they've helped choose in the grocery store, picked or prepared. Getting kids involved in food gathering and food preparation can help kids feel more familiar with foods and help them learn more about the food - how it feels, what it looks like on the inside and different ways to cook and serve food.
Most kids love strawberries, a colorful fruit and an excellent source of vitamin C. Going to pick strawberries can help children make the connection between the great outdoors and food that children eat at mealtimes.
For picking strawberries with children in the Greenville and upstate area, parents can choose among the following list of "pick your own" farms:
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Sandy Flat Berry Patch, Taylors, SC -
Beechwood Farm, Traveler's Rest, SC -
Belue Farms, Spartanburg, SC -
Cooley Peach Farms Strawberry Hill, Chesnee, SC -
Green Acres Produce, Moore, SC -
Molly's Farms, Enoree, SC -
Stewarts Farm, Enoree, SC -
Rose Hill Plantation, Easley, SC
Most "pick your own" farms allow pickers to eat while they pick, so parents can be assured that kids' clothes will be covered in red juice from ripe, delicious strawberries.
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