When daycare workers in Finland rolled out a lawn, planted for | SHIFT

When daycare workers in Finland rolled out a lawn, planted forest undergrowth such as dwarf heather and blueberries, and allowed children to care for crops in planter boxes, the diversity of microbes in the guts and on the skin of young kids appeared healthier in a very short space of time.  They had more T-cells and their gut flora looked just as rich as it does for children who play in the forest every day.


https://www.sciencealert.com/daycares-in-finland-built-a-backyard-forest-and-it-changed-children-s-immune-systems