Eating healthier can be fun!

As a parent I'm always looking for fun things to do with my kids. About 2 years ago, my husband and I found a farm online that grows organic produce. We decided that it would be fun to take the kids so that they can see how the foods that they eat are grown. Our first trip consisted of a strawberry tour which we traveled by a wooden wagon that was pulled by a tractor.

On our tour a farmer informed us about the different crops that were in season and we tasted carrots, sweet maui onions, and green beans straight from the soil. The best part of the tour consisted of the farmer allowing us to pick our own strawberries to indulge in while standing in the field! Our sons loved the fact that they could pick the strawberries, and they even received a basket full of them at the end of the tour.


Overall we had an amazing day that was educational for all of us. Since then we have gone on the watermelon tour, and attended the pumpkin patch where you pick your own pumpkins straight from the vine. Our sons love making pumpkin pie from the pumpkins that we purchase from the farm. In fact we won second place this year at my oldest sons harvest festival! We love going on the farm tours to see what's in season. My kids developed a new love for the garden that we now started one at home as well. Eating healthier can be fun! Here's where we went on our tours.

Tanaka Farms 5380 3/4 University Dr Irvine, CA 92612-2944 (949) 653-2100

 

List of Tours

~ Cookout Tours are from March - August and starting March 19, 2011 - August 28, 2011

~ Strawberry Tours are from March - June and starting March 17, 2011 - June 26, 2011

~ Watermelon Tours are from July - August and starting July 2, 2011 - August 28, 2011

~  Pumpkin Patch Toursare from the end of September to end of October. Starting Sept. 26, 2011 - Oct. 31, 2011