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Washington County: One Community

Washington County: One Community is a community based coalition whose purpose  is to improve the quality of life for Washington County citizens – from infants to elders.

FoodCorps service member  hit the ground running in their first year in Washington County and is continuing this year by assisting with a variety of school and community garden projects and programs:

St.Mary's Nutrition Center/ Lots to Gardens

 As one of the newest health services offered by St. Mary's Health System, the Nutrition Center works to improve the nutritional status of all Maine residents. The Center strives to be a community resource and works towards promoting overall community wellness and providing all people with access to nutritious food, the opportunity to learn and implement healthy and safe eating practices, the support to make lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of nutrition related diseases and the ability to promote personal food security through growing one’s own food.

FoodCorps at Healthy Communities of the Capital Area

 Thousands of young Americans have dedicated themselves to reforming the food chain, from field to table, and of all the programs that have emerged to channel that energy and idealism, FoodCorps is the most inspiring. - Michael Pollan, Author

North Carolina Cooperative Extension of Warren County

 North Carolina Cooperative Extension partners with communities to deliver education and technology that enrich the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians.

Our FoodCorps Service Member, Horticulture Agent, 4-H Agent, and Extended Food and Nutrition Education Progammer (EFNEP), all work to provide nutrition education to children through school gardens. Our team has used gardens for programming at South Warren Elementary School, Mariam Boyd Elementary School, and Warren County High School. 

Bridge House School Herb Garden

We are an external service provider that provides a catering service to schools in the Western Cape. We asked for a small piece of land to plant herbs that we could use in our meals. The junior school gardening club then assisted us in planting the herbs. It would be great to have a larger piece of land to grow more vegtables or even fruit.

West High School Garden (Waterloo FoodCorps)

A high school garden and garden club were established in 2012. There is in-class education as well. Produce from this garden is given to the culinary programs and donated to the Food Bank. 

Oelwein High School High Tunnel

 The Oelwein High School high tunnel is run by the local FFA Chapter.  Produce from the high tunnel is sold to the school cafeteria and used at Oelwein's annuual Harvest Fest.

Postville Community Garden

 The Postville Community Garden is a beautiful and sprawling space dedicated to bring people from diverse backgrounds together to grow their own food.  About a third of the garden is grown for and by students from Postville Community School District.  During the growing season, elementary students gather on a weekly basis to care for the garden, learn about growing practices, and prepare a healthy snack.  All food produced by the garden is either sent home with the students who grow it, or sent to the school cafeteria.

Madison Farm to Fork Farm to School Program

This is a service site with the national program FoodCorps.

The Farm to School program serves students in the Ennis School District. Students engage in regular classes in the newly built Ennis School Garden, receive nutrition education lessons, take field trips to local farms and ranches, participate in Good Thymes Camp (a summer day camp with a focus on sustainable agriculture & natural resource conservation), and much more! The Farm to School program is also working with the Ennis School Lunch program to source and serve more fresh, local foods in the lunchroom. 

 

New Hampton High School FFA Greenhouse

 The New Hampton High School FFA Chapter recently installed a greenhouse project including a greenhouse structure with an aquaponics station for starting seeds and a hoop house for extending the growing season of crops. The greenhouse is managed by the FFA and Ag. classes. Produce is used in FACS classes and in the school cafeteria.

 

Through the Northeast Iowa Food & Fitness Initiative, New Hampton has been home to an AmeriCorps/FoodCorps member since the 2011-2012 school year.

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