Recently the Y Early Childhood Program in St. Albans, VT began collecting table scraps to feed to the local pigs!  Staff at the center realized that they had a lot of waste from two snack times and lunch and thought they should put that “waste” to use!

Each classroom has a bucket and when kids are done with snack and lunch, instead of throwing their garbage away, they throw all edible scraps into the pig bucket!  The kids enjoy feeding the pigs, although they’re doing it remotely.  The center took a picture of their scraps being fed to the pigs so the kids could see their hard work pay off!    Eventually they want to take a field trip to the farm so the kids we can see their pigs.   In the meantime, they will continue collecting table scraps.

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