A teacher in Winnipeg, MB is using an indoor garden to teach his students about agriculture... and beyond.

Alvin Dyck has been growing a full-size garden in his classroom for the past four years, and using the plants to teach his kids about topics ranging from gardening and botany, math, health, and even using the plants as inspiration for poetry in English class. Dyck also uses the opportunity to teach the students of the city school about food production and agriculture.

The classroom garden runs as a part of Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba's Little Green Thumbs program.

Click here to read the full story on Pembina Valley Online.

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