A horta orgânica escolar como alternativa de educação ambiental para alunos do ensino fundamental: estudo de caso

Abstract

For students to have healthy eating habits is essential that they are well informed and have sufficient knowledge to learn, select and consume food properly. This experience report is to evaluate the implementation of organic school garden, helping to improve the eating habits of students, parents and the local community. Aiming the importance of environmental education as the fulcrum for all actions around the school. We use qualitative research as a tool for data collection, as well as structured questionnaires, observations and reports from parents, community people and students about the development of the project. The development of the research took place in a school by understanding that the school can be formative and transformative of knowledge about healthy food education. Data analysis showed that poor eating habits are associated with the lack of information on nutrients, inadequately prepare them and intake of processed products.