Kindergarteners at the Utah Capitol crunched local apples with the farmers
About 150 Canyons School District kindergarteners came to the state Capitol for Utah's annual Apple Crunch, a Farm to School Month visit with the people who grow their fruit.
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About 150 kindergarteners from the Canyons School District gathered at the Utah Capitol on Wednesday for the state's annual Apple Crunch, KSL.com reported on October 21, 2026. The visit, held for National Farm to School Month, is a chance to meet local farmers and to follow an apple from a Utah orchard to a school lunch. Dani Perez, a farm-to-school specialist with the Utah State Board of Education, described it as learning the people and the nutrition behind a meal. Chelsea Prime, a kindergarten teacher at Silver Mesa Elementary, said the class talks about choosing food that is closer to the farm.
Utah's Apple Crunch began in 2017. Through October, schools and child-care centers around the state also do farm visits, taste tests, gardening, and classroom lessons. The Capitol morning is one gathering of about 150 children. It is not a count of every student who will taste a local apple this month.
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About 150 kindergarteners from the Canyons School District in Utah went to the state Capitol in Salt Lake City for Apple Crunch. It happens every year during National Farm to School Month. The children met local farmers, tasted apples grown in Utah, and learned how fruit gets from an orchard to a school lunch. Utah started Apple Crunch in 2017. Other schools and child-care centers spend October on farm visits, taste tests, gardens, and lessons. A teacher from Silver Mesa Elementary said the class also talks about choosing food that helps them feel well. The photo is an apple pressing in Washington state, not the Capitol.
- What can you learn from meeting the person who grew your food?
- How does an apple get from a tree to a school lunchroom?
- What fruit or vegetable grows near where you live?
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