Gwinn, MI – October 25, 2014 – Students at Gwinn Middle School took part in a nationwide event in celebration of Food Day. The kids attempted to break an apple-eating Guinness World Record on October 24th.
Food Day is a nationwide celebration and movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food.
As a member of the Central U.P. Farm to School Initiative, which brings local farm items to public schools, the Gwinn Food Service Department decided to jump on board and participate in this nationwide celebration and challenge.
The challenge was to “Bite into a Michigan Apple.” The event was created through Cherry Capital Foods downstate, but the Gwinn Food Service Department took it a step farther, choosing Michigan Apples that grown only in the U.P. instead.
The farmer, Kim Cain from Big Bay, supplied Gwinn Middle School with enough apples for all the students to enjoy and bite into at noon on Food Day. These apples were grown organically with no pesticides or chemicals.
The entire school took part in the event during in the planned snack time, synchronized with schools across the state in the hopes of breaking a Guinness Record as well as promoting healthy eating throughout the schools.
The Marquette Food Co-op, with the help of Neal Curran, found the farmer, connected with him, and stored the apples until the event.
