STURGEON BAY (NBC 26) — In Sturgeon Bay, students are tackling food insecurity in a fresh way.

Students grow produce in a greenhouse and same-day harvests head straight to school cafeterias across the district, helping more kids get access to fresh, healthy meals.

We got to see the students in action in the Waseda Farm greenhouse at the Sturgeon Bay school district, watch below: From greenhouse to cafeteria: how Sturgeon bay students are improving food access

Students like Lucy Tarkowski are part of a sustainable living class that makes it happen.

"We've grown a lot, there's peppers, peas, basil, kale," Lucy Tarkowski, a junior at Sturgeon Bay Highschool said.

That food ends up in the school cafeteria either the same day or the following one.

"I'll be like going through the lunch

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