- Author: Susana C. Bruzzone-Miller
Enthusiatic campers returned for Day 2 which posed questions about Food!
- What is local food?
- What is a food mile?
- Why is buying local food important?
Campers also learned about product packaging and discussed how to make informed choices about packaging. Rounding out food day were other hands-on activities-harvesting farm fresh carrots and blood oranges, making orange juice for snack time, building garden boxes, and planting lettuce seeds to take home.
![Building garden boxes Building garden boxes](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Hansen/blogfiles/23040.jpg)
![Planted garden box to take home Planted garden box to take home](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Hansen/blogfiles/23042.jpg)
![eating oranges eating oranges](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Hansen/blogfiles/23043.jpg)
- Author: Susana C. Bruzzone-Miller
The first week-long 4-H Summer Camp at HAREC kicked off today. Day 1 went off without a hitch thanks to our intern, Chris Massa. A diverse group of youth-19 in all and ages 9-16 enjoyed a hands-on day at the farm. Sustainable You! Summer Camp, a program created by Utah State University, is designed to help youth understand what it means to be sustainable through fun activities based around the five major areas of sustainability: land, food, air, energy, and water.
Today's theme-Land inspired youth to:
- Differentiate between trash, recycling, and compostSustainable You! campers
- Learn the value of preserved open space
- List essential resources provided by natural land (water, air, soil, food)
- Learn how to vermicompost and create a vermicompost bin
![Nature Walk & Scavenger Hunt Nature Walk & Scavenger Hunt](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Hansen/blogfiles/23023.jpg)
![Making Vermicompost bins Making Vermicompost bins](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Hansen/blogfiles/23024.jpg)
![Red worms for vermicomposting Red worms for vermicomposting](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Hansen/blogfiles/23025.jpg)