This year 73 students participated! Last year there were 44. This year several Green thumb Kids and their parents came back with some of their harvest which they sold to the regular customers at the market. Both children and parents enjoyed the activity and learned so much about nature and growing their own... (read more)

Please see www.capebretonfarmersmarket.com for an article about The Green thumb Kids programme.... (read more)

In August, and again in September, parents of the Green Thumb Kids were contacted by phone and the kids received a personal letter. They were invited to sell their green beans and tomatos at the Cape Breton Farmers Market, in Sydney Nova Scotia. No one sold any beans, (... (read more)

Grow Sheet By our growing coordinator, Michelle Smith Ianetti Pole Beans: Brought from Britolli, Italy, by the Ianetti family, Sydney Mines. Plant 3 or 4 beans about 3 cm deep at the base of 2.5 m tall pole or piece of bamboo. You can make the poles into a tipi and grow a... (read more)

Organizers of a new program are hoping to grow interest among children in planting and taking care of their own vegetables. The Green Thumb Kids program began Saturday at the weekly farmer's market at the Sydney Marine Terminal and involved children picking up been seeds and tomato plants, which will... (read more)