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Event
March 6, 2023
Event

Save-the-Date: ESY's Annual Celebration Benefit

Blog
March 6, 2023
Blog

Announcing the 2023 Summer Training

The Edible Schoolyard Project is eager to welcome educators back to our program in June for the 2023 Summer Training! This year’s Summer Training will explore instructional strategies and teaching techniques that create engaging and meaningful learning experiences in garden and kitchen classrooms. Experts from leading edible education organizations will facilitate workshops on...

The Edible Schoolyard Project is eager to welcome educators back to our program in June for the 2023 Summer Training!...

Press
March 3, 2023
Press

An Edible Education

By NINA RENATA ARON

ESY's founder, Alice Waters grows her mission — from school gardens to equitable food systems. 

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ESY's founder, Alice Waters grows her mission — from school gardens to equitable food systems.

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Event
February 7, 2023
Event

Virtual Workshop: Fostering Student Engagement in Garden and Kitchen Classrooms

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Edible Schoolyard Berkeley and Edible Schoolyard NYC are partnering to host a workshop that explores instructional strategies that support student engagement. Student engagement is the degree of attention, interest, curiosity, and...

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Edible Schoolyard Berkeley and Edible Schoolyard NYC are partnering to host a workshop that...

Blog
August 17, 2022
Blog

The 2022 Edible Schoolyard Summer Trainings: Resources and a Report-Out

By Russell Sterten

The start of a new school year is always a special time when many educators are in the thick of planning their lessons, programming, and goals. In an effort to support educators seeking to connect students to food, gardening, and cooking experiences, we are very pleased to offer all of the resources from this past June's Virtual Summer Training! Click the button below to access...

The start of a new school year is always a special time when many educators are in the thick of...

Blog
March 1, 2022
Blog

Propagation and Care

By Tamika Whitenack

As a garden teacher, I see my work as an opportunity to practice forms of care: I help care for our beautiful garden space, and I give care to the students I interact with each day. Recently, I’ve been reflecting on my experiences on propagation tasks with students and am excited about propagation as a rich process through which to develop students’ awareness of care.

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As a garden teacher, I see my work as an opportunity to practice forms of care: I help care for...

Event
October 5, 2021
Event

Understanding Organic Webinar Series

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
April 14, 2021
Blog

Summer Training at Home 2021

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...

Blog
March 19, 2021
Blog

A Note from our Executive Director

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.

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

Blog
June 7, 2020
Blog

Prompts for Mealtime Conversations

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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