Droitwich horticulturist continuing to teach young people about where food comes from through project
Ross Dyke has been shining a spotlight on it as part of Great Big Green Week which has been taking place
A Worcestershire horticulturist has said it's really important for young people to understand how to protect and look after nature.
It's as Great Big Green Week ends today (14 June), that highlights the ongoing work around to look after and care for the environment.
This year's theme Together for Good has been aiming to show the impact people coming together in their communities can have on the climate, with events to demonstrate it taking place across the country.
Ross Dyke is a horticulturist and crop technician from Droitwich who has recently helped set-up the Get Children Growing project.
The scheme, which initially started last year, hands out plant growing kits to schools and has so far delivered 16,000 of them after it returned for 2026.
He said it's been great seeing the impact it has had and it's crucial to show children where their food comes from.
"Maybe in another decade or two, learning to grow food is going to be the way forward," he said.
"People do need to learn to grow food and teaching children at such a young age is perfect because it shows them where food comes from, but it also teaches them patience and responsibility.
"Then on top of that you might get a couple of children that think, this is great, and then they look into it more and in 15 years they're our farmers, they're ploughing our fields, they're growing our food for us."