OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and usage of food gardens in primary schools in three distinct climatic regions of north-eastern Australia. DESIGN Cross-sectional surveys combining quantitative and qualitative data collection. Two separate telephone questionnaires were developed and implemented, according to the presence or absence of a food garden within the school. Main outcome measu...

School gardens are important for the conceptual integration of topics such as climate change. Using a biofertilization experiment in school garden, we evaluated four experimental treatments and student knowledge to some sustainable practices. Solid was more effective than liquid treatments. The effect garden establishment positive on demonstrated by students. Similar activities recommended cont...

In 1665 Johan Stickers had established himself as apothecary in "De Witte Pluym" at the Grote Markt in Breda. In 1669 he bought a garden at the Gasthuiseinde, where he must have grown herbs. This purchase was followed by many others. In and around Breda, Stickers and his wife Anneken Geerit Claess de Gruyter acquired a number of houses, grounds, landed estates, meadows, orchards, and farms. In ...

School gardens are, increasingly, an integral part of projects aiming to promote nutritional education and environmental sustainability in many countries throughout the world. In the late 1950s, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) and UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) had already developed projects to improve the dietary intake and behavior through school and community gardens. Howeve...

Central Research Laboratories, Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a Shimokotachi 1624 Kohda-cho, Takata-gun, Hiroshima 729-64, Japan, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, b Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734, Japan, National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tsukuba Medicinal Plant Research Station, c Hachimandai, Yatabe-cho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan, To...

Both off-line and on-line comprehension studies suggest not only toddlers and preschoolers, but also older school-age children have trouble interpreting contrast-marking pitch prominence. To test whether children achieve adult-like proficiency in processing contrast-marking prosody during school years, an eye-tracking experiment examined the effect of accent on referential resolution in six- to...