Plant Parts Canned Food Drive

Participate and be a featured Plant Parts Food Drive group!

Post on JMG Facebook or send an email to programinfo@jmgkids.us including your:

1. Campus/Site Name, City, State

2. A photo of your kids/project group working towards the Food Drive

3. A two sentence update of the progress of your Food Drive

Plant Parts
Canned Food Drive

A JMG Service-Learning Project

Why not combine your students’ learning and CAN do enthusiasm with a true service-learning project? The plant parts food drive is a fun way to learn more about the foods we eat, where they come from, and how we can help others. Collecting canned vegetables helps us learn about plant parts that we eat

Have your students collect canned goods for donation to a local food bank.

HOWEVER, with this can drive your kids will collect and categorize each can received by each part of the plant (roots, stems, leaves, flower, fruit, and seeds). This service project will help create hunger awareness, aid with the problem in your local area and include a great lesson on plant parts!

You, your students, their families, neighbors and your fellow teachers will be surprised to learn that some of your canned foods and other non-perishables don’t come from the plant part you may have thought!


Fredericksburg Academy, Fredericksburg, VA, JMG Falcons

Plant Parts You Thought You Knew…

Some cans are full of more obvious plant parts but you, your students, their families, neighbors and your fellow teachers will be surprised to learn that some of your canned foods don’t come from the plant part you may have thought. The table below includes some of those connections of the foods you enjoy and the surprising plant parts they come from…

If you aren’t sure about a canned/boxed food item, email us at programinfo@jmgkids.us and we will let you know! some foods can be placed in a mixed parts category!

Part of Plant it Originates: The Stem
Part of Plant it Originates: The Root
Part of Plant it Originates: The Seed
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Flower
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Fruit
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Leaf
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Stem
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Root
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Seed
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Leaf
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Fruit
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Leaf
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Stem
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Root
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Seed
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Leaf
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Fruit
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Stem and Leaf
Part of the Plant it Originates: The Seed
Part of the Plant it Originates: It’s a FUNGUS!