Jill Barnes, Sprouts program teacher, hands Balin Irving, 3, a hoe for the day's gardening chores at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.

Sprouts program teacher Amanda Winchenbach helps Mya Robertson, 3, prepare a soil bed for seeds at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.

State DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew, center, helps Balin Irving, 3, reach out to drop a squash seed as Mya Robertson, 3, left, and Anna Ford, 3, right, prepare seed holes at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.

Jill Barnes, Sprouts program teacher, hands out seeds at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.

Abbigail Morency waters plants in the hoop house at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.

Abbigail Morency, 3, left, receives a helping hand from Lynn Wren while watering the plants at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.

State DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew helps Balin Irving, 3, and Ada Miller, 3, far right, at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.

State DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew plants winter squash with the help of Ada Miller, 3, at the Sprouts pre-school program at Unity Elementary School on Friday.