Fast Food Farm, Golden Grove Rd, Gramercy, LA

Steve Susick, general manager of Mosaic’s Louisiana operations, addresses participants at Mosaic Kid’s Kitchen ribbon-cutting in Gramercy on Oct. James Parish kindergarten through second-grade students come out, tour the farm and learn about agriculture and where their food comes from,” Guidry said. LSU AgCenter agent Ken Guidry said the site hosts two Ag Days each year for kindergarten through fourth-grade students. In the beginning, Fast Food Farm focused on fourth-graders through a school program called Making the Connection to help students with the LEAP test, Hymel said.

We had to learn how to form a nonprofit and then learn what we could teach.” “It took two years to do the research and to get it going. “I started with the idea in 2001,” Hymel said. Hymnel said the event has been 12 years in the making, but the hard work of so many has finally paid off. 2 with community leaders and Mosiac staff on hand to participate in the event.įast Food Farm was an idea developed by Denise Hymel, executive director of Fast Food Farm Inc. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Kid’s Kitchen was held on Oct. James Parish now have a new kitchen to prepare vegetables they grow on Fast Food Farm, thanks to a $90,000 grant from the Mosaic Company. (Photo by Johnny Morgan) News Release Distributed 10/09/13 The kitchen is part of Fast Food Farm, which sponsors two AgDay events per year to teach students about agriculture and where their food comes from. The building was made possible through a $90,000 grant from Mosaic’s Louisiana operations.

The Mosaic Kid’s Kitchen ribbon-cutting was held in Gramercy on Oct. Louisiana Institute For Biofuels & Bioprocessing.

Fast Food Farm, Golden Grove Rd, Gramercy, LA