Your snack is from Paradise
Gardens, 50 miles away in Paradise,
MT. It was processed just a few
blocks away on Main St. in Ronan.
Remember those carrots you ate for
snack last week? Butternut squash is
also colored orange by beta carotene!
Can you remember why this nutrient is
important? It gives you super sight!
Your body turns as much beta carotene
as it needs into Vitamin A to keep your
eyes and other parts of your body
healthy.
Butternut squash grows on vines. The
plant flowers and then a squash grows! Butternut squash is a winter squash
which grows well here. We think of squash as a vegetable, but it’s actually
the fruit because it holds the seeds!
Your squash snack was specially prepared by your school food service staff. It
was baked in an oven with some seasoning. That’s called roasting and it
makes the squash taste especially sweet and yummy.
This squash was brought to you by the Western
Montana Growers Cooperative, a group of 38
farmers. By eating this local food you:
 Support your community
 Get fresh food with lots of nutrition
 Help the environment because the food was
grown organically and didn’t have to travel far