At Oakveil Academy, we also focus a lot on relevant skills for everyday life, potential future careers, and enjoyable past times. A lot of learning that is incorporated into our regular schooling is about food and the entire process from seed to table. We perform a lot of gardening and experiments with new plants to see what kinds of foods we can grow in our environment. We catalog what the seeds look like for each time, what time of year to plant them, how deep, what the end product looks like and then we track the growth process while we care for them. The entire process for various vegetables takes place and the kids eventually pick the ripe ones after learning how to determine each vegetable is ready, and then they learn how to prepare and cook them in different ways in order to create a meal. This alone teaches them self entertainment, problem solving, creativity, and adds to the joy and wonder of plants and food.