East Haven high schoolers grow their own ingredients [Video]

EAST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — It’s school lunch week and in one community, they’re growing ingredients, cooking up a great day ahead.

The kitchen is busy inside taking and preparing orders, but it’s what is happening outside that makes “The Hive,” a student-run cafe, so special.

“We have a cucumber vine ‘tresling’ through the middle of it trying to grow a little more,” Culinary Instructor at East Haven High School Heather Profetto said.

These East Haven high schoolers are growing their own ingredients and building a menu around what’s fresh.

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“It adds kind of a homey element. You pick at your garden and then use it like you have a garden at home and then you can cook for your family. That’s how I think of it,” East Haven High School junior Joshua Rivera said.

The students take pride …