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By Richard Lykes
Special to the Rappahannock News
Robert Anderson, the senior liaison officer for the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and Katy Moss Warner, president of the American Horticultural Society (AHS), made a joint presentation to educators in the county last Friday. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a successful pilot project sponsored by the two organizations in several foreign countries and in the United States to introduce children and older students to the concept of sustainable agriculture and horticulture. The guest speakers were invited by Katherine Bull, a leading horticulturist and gardener in Rappahannock County and the meeting was organized by Fran Krebser, an education specialist at the county schools and president of the Krebser Foundation.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss “The Growing Connection,” their jointly-sponsored program that links students, families, educators and communities in an intemationallyfocused effort to fight hunger, malnutrition and obesity by helping young people learn to grow nutritious food using water-efficient horticultural techniques and the latest scientific methods. This
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