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Event

Join us for a mini-series of three webinars exploring the new Understanding Organic curriculum!

An Introduction to Understanding Organic: October 21st, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm PT

Organic Practices for School Gardens: October 28th, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm PT

Taking Action on Organic: November 4th, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm PT

Join us for a mini-series of three webinars exploring the new Understanding Organic curriculum!

An Introduction to Understanding Organic...

Blog
Blog
By Nick Lee and Raquel Vigil

We’re excited to invite you to join us for our second-ever Summer Training at Home. Last year, we launched Summer Training at Home to support educators making the rapid transition to distance learning. As we look to the summer ahead, we’re still not able to convene folks from around the world for an in-person event. This year's Summer Training at Home...

We’re excited to invite you to join us for our second-ever Summer Training at Home . Last year, we launched...

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Blog
By Angela McKee-Brown

I am always thinking about how our community of educators and students are impacted by what is taking place in the world around us. Today, I write with sadness in my heart for those who lost loved ones in Atlanta and for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community that is experiencing the anti-Asian hate crimes that have plagued the Bay Area and this country.

This...

I am always thinking about how our community of educators and students are impacted by what is taking place in...

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Blog
By Nick Lee and Raquel Vigil

Food and education are inherently political. As educators, we understand the important role that knowledge and spaces for learning have in shaping the future of our society and world. 

The protests in response to the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade have given renewed strength to the long fight against anti-Black racism and...

Food and education are inherently political. As educators, we understand the important role that knowledge and spaces for learning have...

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Blog
By Raquel Vigil

At The Edible Schoolyard Project, we know students learn best when they are engaging all of their senses. Furthermore, we believe that students are most engaged when information is conveyed via multiple modalities—through movement, drawing, visuals, as well as in audio and text. As we explore how to adapt our teaching philosophies to the home learning context, videos have become...

At The Edible Schoolyard Project, we know students learn best when they are engaging all of their senses. Furthermore, we...

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Blog
By Nick Lee

Often the first question I get from visitors to a kitchen class, whether they are parents or educators, is, “how do you prevent kids from cutting themselves?” While avoiding injuries is important to us, it doesn’t take priority over skill development, which inevitably involves some degree of risk. Students are interested in their wellbeing and safety. They don’t want to hurt...

Often the first question I get from visitors to a kitchen class, whether they are parents or educators, is, “how...

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