With childhood obesity on the rise and school budgets facing cuts, ecopreneur Dan Gibbs has found a way to address both issues at once while also helping the environment.
Gibbs sees school lunches as part of the solution to the epidemic of childhood obesity in the US. While many schools have been working to improve their lunch programs, it is still not uncommon to see pre-packaged and unhealthy lunches with not a fresh fruit or vegetable in sight.
Changing how kids eat is one of the best ways to improve their health, and Dan Gibbs has a vision that can help get school lunches back on track. The founder and CEO of Home Town Farms is a pioneer in the development of vertical, organic urban farming.
He believes that by growing fresh, healthy and low cost food where it is used, close to schools, for example,the cost of food for schools can be drastically reduced while the kids will enjoy a healthier and larger selection of fresh food as well.
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