Sign up for the Easy Peasy Pea Challenge!

By The Newsroom
Published 16th Apr 2016, 13:00 BST
Youngsters are being invited to take part in the Easy Peasy Pea Challenge which allows them to have a go at sowing, growing and showing homegrown crops of delicious green peas, either in a window box or small growing patch.Youngsters are being invited to take part in the Easy Peasy Pea Challenge which allows them to have a go at sowing, growing and showing homegrown crops of delicious green peas, either in a window box or small growing patch.
Youngsters are being invited to take part in the Easy Peasy Pea Challenge which allows them to have a go at sowing, growing and showing homegrown crops of delicious green peas, either in a window box or small growing patch.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is calling on green-fingered primary school youngsters to take part in a new healthy eating challenge.

Youngsters are being invited to take part in the Easy Peasy Pea Challenge which allows them to have a go at ‘sowing, growing and showing’ homegrown crops of delicious green peas, either in a window box or small growing patch.

Every school that registers for the challenge before the end of April will receive a free Easy Peasy Pea Seed Kit to kick start planting at school, provided by WWF and the Seed Pantry. The kit includes a pack of Sugar Ann pea seeds, a simple growing guide and a tasty pea recipe card from Alpro.

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Peas only take ten weeks to grow, so young growers can simply sow the seeds at school and share their school pea’s progress using the hashtag #Plant2Plate and tweeting a school selfie with the seed packet @wwf_uk.

WWF wants schools taking part to share news of their first green shoots, when their peas begin to climb, first pea pods, how tall the peas grow and to hear the most unusual and inventive pea recipes.

Neil Whitehead, director of the Seed Pantry, said: “We’re excited to be involved in the Easy Peasy Pea Challenge.’ Growing peas at school is a great way for children to re-connect with, and understand food, from seed to plate.”