Assessing a garden-based curriculum for elementary youth in Iowa: Parental perceptions of change

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Hilgers, Kimberly R ^a,b   Haynes, Cynthia ^a   Olson, Joanne ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental awareness; Nutrition; Science; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249038112     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.1.18     Document Type: Article

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