ASM Kids Club

The ASM Kids’ Club is a program modeled after a national program called “Power of Produce” created by the Farmers Market Coalition. The mission is to educate and encourage children to take part in the local food system and understand the benefits of eating nutritious foods. 

 

Providing activities to allow kids to engage with local food and farmers will encourage a better understanding about farmers and where food comes from. By empowering kids to make healthy food choices, we hope to improve future health outcomes of childhood obesity and diabetes while encouraging a new generation of informed, healthy market shoppers. 

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The ASM Kids’ Club is free to all children ages 5 to 12, with a specific emphasis on children with less access to fresh, local healthy food options. Each week, when registered participants check in, they receive two tokens, worth $1 each, to purchase fresh produce at the market. 

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In addition, we provide a weekly activity. These activities are on-going, so children can walk up and participate at any time. Examples of activities include food tastings, transplanting garden plants, market bingo, seed saving, scavenger hunts, creating healthy meals, local food-based art projects and more. 

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We hope that you will visit and bring your children to participate, whether you are a local  family or visiting!

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This program runs from Father's Day through Labor Day Weekend.