Events
Workshop
Free California School Garden Workshops
The CSYSG Workshop is for teams working to create or enhance a school garden program. This FREE workshop covers planning and designing a school garden, basic gardening skills, curricular connections, and outdoor classroom management.
School garden teams of 2-4 (teachers, parents, volunteers, school administrators, and other personnel) are encouraged to attend. Workshops serve up to 25 participants. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.
Please check Life Lab's website for your city's workshop date.
Email: lifelab@lifelab.org
Phone: 831-459-2001
Awards
NRDC's 4th Annual Growing Green Awards
Join the NRDC for the Fourth Annual Growing Green Awards for a Farm to Table Dinner!
NRDC's Growing Green Awards were created to recognize new pioneers in sustainable framing and food. Through this national award, NRDC recognizes extraordinary contributions that advance ecologically integrated farming practices, climate stewardship, water stewardship, farmland preservation, and social responsibility from farm to fork.
The 2012 awards will recognize four categories of achievement
- Food Producer
- Business Leader
- Young Food Leader
- Food Justice Leader
For more information, please call 415-875-6100 or visit www.nrdc.org/growinggreen. Please RSVP no later than May 6, 2012.
Where: 3601 Lyon Street
Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda
San Francisco,
California
94123
Email: gga@nrdc.org
Phone: 415-875-6100
Talk
Lunch Love Community Media Social
This special event combines films, expert speakers and interactive dialogue to generate new ideas for the future of food, education and health.
For more information about Lunch Love Community Media Socials, click here.
Where: Robert Mondavi Institute
392 Old Davis Road
Davis,
California
95616
Conference
The 5th Annual Hawaiʻi Farm to School Conference
The 5th Annual Hawaiʻi Farm to School Conference “Growing From the Ground Up” will be held on Oʻahu, on June 1st and 2nd, 2012. This year’s conference is hosted by Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation, Hawaiʻi Association of Independent Schools and Waikīkī Elementary School, and will include visits to other farm to school sites on Oʻahu. Plenary sessions, workshops, and field trips (Huakaʻi) will focus on hands-on topics relevant to establishing thriving school garden and farm to school programs.
Applications must be submitted online by April 23, 2011. Click here to register.
Where: 3710 Leahi Avenue
Public Tour
June 2012 Public Tour
This is a terrific opportunity to see our program in action, learn about how we operate, and to have any questions answered.
Please allow enough time before your tour to stop by the school's main office to sign in and receive a visitor's badge. The school and main office are located at the intersection of Rose and Grant streets, and the Edible Schoolyard is on the school campus, just at the north terminus of Grant Street. Take a right after you pass through the school gate, and you will see the Edible Schoolyard kitchen building and garden.
Where: 1781 Rose Street
Email: info@edibleschoolyard.org
Phone: 510.558.1335
Academy
The 2012 Edible Schoolyard Academy: Creating Garden and Kitchen Classrooms in Every Community
The summer of 2012 will mark the fourth annual Academy at the Edible Schoolyard. This training program is designed to support emerging and established garden and kitchen programs nationwide. Led by Edible Schoolyard staff and guest presenters, the Academy provides a three-day immersion in the practices and philosophy of the Edible Schoolyard. Through hands-on activities, presentations, guided discussion and curriculum-building sessions, participants learn the tools of edible education -- an integrated approach to education in the garden, kitchen and classroom.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Where: 1781 Rose Street
Email: academy@edibleschoolyard.org
Phone: 510.558.1335
Conference
6th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference: Digging In!
Farm to Cafeteria is Digging In! Whether you are new to the movement or have years of wisdom to share, the 6th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference: Digging In! is a great opportunity to network, build skills and get energized!
Farm to Cafeteria began with the common goal of building strong communities, healthy individuals and resilient local farms. Across the country great progress has been made connecting farm-fresh foods with K-12 schools, pre-schools, childcare settings, colleges, universities, hospitals, prisons and beyond.
The conference will bring together food service professionals, farmers, educators, policy makers, representatives from government agencies and nonprofits, entrepreneurs, students and others who are breaking down barriers and expanding the impact of Farm to Cafeteria.
There will be skill-building short-courses, field trips to innovative Vermont farms and institutions, a diverse workshop program, and plenty of opportunities to network with inspiring individuals from across the country.
Learn more here.
Where: The Davis Center at the University of Vermont
590 Main Street
Burlington,
Vermont
05405
Phone: 802-434-8411
Public Tour
September 2012 Public Tour
This is a terrific opportunity to see our program in action, learn about how we operate, and to have any questions answered.
Where: 1781 Rose Street
Email: info@edibleschoolyard.org
Phone: 510.558.1335
Public Tour
October 2012 Public Tour
Monthly tours are typically offered during the first week of every month during the school year. Public tours begin promptly at 9:00 am, last about about two hours, and include garden and kitchen class observation and school lunch discussion. There is no fee for attending public tours, though all guests must register.
Where: 1781 Rose Street
Email: info@edibleschoolyard.org
Phone: 510.558.1335
Public Tour
November 2012 Public Tour
Monthly tours are typically offered during the first week of every month during the school year. Public tours begin promptly at 9:00 am, last about about two hours, and include garden and kitchen class observation and school lunch discussion. There is no fee for attending public tours, though all guests must register.
Where: 1781 Rose Street
Email: info@edibleschoolyard.org
Phone: 510.558.1335
