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2022-04-21 12:23:04 By : Ms. Bobby Qian

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Rooted in Wyoming hosted a seed-starting class for Highland Park Elementary School first-graders Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Rooted in Wyoming will work with six different elementary schools throughout Sheridan County to start their gardens, in which a garden leader furthers the mission of students learning the process of growing their own food for school lunchrooms. 

Highland Park Elementary School first-grader Gabriel Linzy, center, shows off his muscles to demonstrate strength of soil during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Highland Park Elementary School first-grader Brantley Cooley shows his excitement for an assignment to dig up worms during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Highland Park Elementary School first-grader Isaac Miller examines plants while walking through a greenhouse during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Planted seeds begin to grow into plants in the greenhouse of the University of Wyoming Extension office in Sheridan Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Rooted in Wyoming hosted a seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Highland Park Elementary School first-graders listen to how plants are grown in a greenhouse during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Highland Park Elementary School first-graders listen as University of Wyoming Assistant Research Scientist Beth Bowers explains how plants are grown in a greenhouse during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Highland Park Elementary School first-grader Brantley Cooley examines soil for worms during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

From left, Highland Park Elementary School first-graders Harper Dregoiw and Petra Gnehm pick worms out of soil during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Rooted in Wyoming's Jodi Kenney shows Highland Park Elementary first-graders the difference in sizes of particles that make up soil during a seed-starting class at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Seeds sit planted in seed-starting soil during a seed-starting class at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Rooted in Wyoming Board President Ami Erickson explains soil components during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Highland Park Elementary School first-grader Harper Dregoiw fills a planter cup with soil during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Highland Park Elementary School first-grader Petra Gnehm fills a planter cup with soil during Rooted in Wyoming's seed-starting class with Highland Park Elementary School first-graders at the University of Wyoming Extension office Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Ashleigh Snoozy joined The Sheridan Press in October 2016 as a reporter before moving into the managing editor position in November 2018. She is a native of Colorado and graduated from Biola University in Los Angeles.

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