Adairsville High School Named Site For Georgia Grown Test Kitchen

ADAIRSVILLE, GA -- A Bartow County high school will participate in a statewide kitchen test program that promotes local, healthy eating.

Adairsville High School will be the test site for the Georgia Department of Agriculture's Georgia Grown Test Kitchen Program for the 2016-17 school year, the Bartow County School Nutrition office said on its Facebook page.

The initiative is aimed at increasing awareness about the importance of proper nutrition and healthy eating. Specifically, the program will promote local and healthy eating in schools across the state through supplying school nutrition directors with healthy recipes using Georgia Grown commodities.

Last school year, Bartow County's Clear Creek Elementary School was the test site. This school year, Adairsville High School will test new recipes using Georgia Grown products.

"We are very honored because only a handful of schools across the state are selected to participate in the program," the Bartow County School Nutrition department said on its Facebook page.

The Georgia Grown program is a marketing and economic development initiative of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Its primary goal is to help the state's agricultural economies by "bringing together producers, processors, suppliers, distributors, retailers, agritourism and consumers in one powerful, statewide community," according to its website.

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Photo: Glenda Wade, Adairsville High School cafe manager, and School Nutrition Coordinator Kalin Prevatt, School Nutrition Coordinator, attended the SY16-17 Georgia Grown Test Kitchen training session at the Atlanta State Farmers Market on Wednesday. Credit: Bartow County Schools