Charlotte Nile, center with shovel, asks a question Saturday about the raised garden bed she and her family are building at McMahon Elementary School in Lewiston. Students, school staff and families spent the day rebuilding vegetable beds in the school’s two garden spaces. Food grown by the students is used to teach cooking skills and nutrition education, said Eliza Guion, second from left, of FoodCorps. From left are Mallory Johnson, Guion, Charlotte Nile, Connor Nile and Beckett Nile. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Even Hoskins, left, and his brother, Dylan, move cinder blocks Saturday while helping build raised vegetable beds Saturday at McMahon Elementary School in Lewiston. Students, school staff and families spent the day rebuilding beds in the school’s two garden spaces. Food grown by the students is used to teach cooking skills and nutrition education, said Eliza Guion of FoodCorps. The Hoskin siblings are students at the school. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Beckett Nile, 8, moves a cinder block Saturday while helping build raised vegetable beds at McMahon Elementary School in Lewiston. Students, school staff and families spent the day rebuilding beds in the school’s two garden spaces. Food grown by the students is used to teach cooking skills and nutrition education, said Eliza Guion of FoodCorps. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal