High School

Westside High School Career Center

The 2014-15 theme for Westside Community Schools is to increase student engagement in their school. A school-garden is an excellent way to engage students. The first goal is to improve academic achievement through positive student engagement via the natural world. The science and mathematics classes will have curriculum based on the garden. The second goal is to improve student physical health and nutrition. We plan to offer cooking classes to build the necessary culinary skills to create flavorful meals using the vegetables and herbs grown in our garden.

Clarkston High School

Of the nearly 3,000 refugees who arrive in Atlanta each year, 80% are resettled in Clarkston, GA. Clarkston High School (CHS) students come from more than 54 countries and speak 47 languages. The IRC has supported these youth through afterschool and summer programs since 1999, serving 170 teens a year.

KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate

Our goal is to create personal, societal, and community-based change through the creation of a school agriculture program at KALC. KALC serves a population of students who are traditionally underserved in a public school setting, as well as following them further on in life through college. At KALC, 87% of our kids are students of color, and 84% qualify for free/reduced price meals.

The Next Frontier Academy

The Next Frontier Academy is planning to open up a hydroponics growing room in our school. We are an agricultural non-profit charter school that strives to provide agricultural work opportunities for our students.

We have a received donations from a partnering organization, including much of our needed hydroponic supplies for our growing room.

Shiloh Academy

Our primary goal is to create a garden that provides healthy fruit and veggies for our kids while teaching them the values of hard work, treating the earth with respect and the responsibility it requires to maintain a garden. This school garden grant will provide the opportunity for our students to learn about what fruits and veggies grow well in our climate, experience the joy of eating food they've grown and the chance to connect with community members who will participate in helping our kids with the garden.

Hathaway-Sycamores School

The Garden Program will teach youth to grow and prepare their own food while promoting healthy eating habits. The gardens will improve the overall health of the children and youth we serve by providing access to fresh vegetables, engaging them in physical activity, as well as teaching them about nutrition and healthy eating habits. The youth in our school are from urban areas that have had limited access to open spaces and the ability to garden.

White Mountains Regional High School

The White Mountains Regional High School Horticulture Program spends a great deal of class time discussing edible food gardens, permaculture, and the importance of agricultural sustainability. We have a high-tunnel greenhouse we utilize annually for vegetable and fruit production, however, we are limited to what we can grow, and the equipment we have to use for planting, harvesting, and preparing the ground. With the help of this whole foods grant we will be able to acquire the additional resources we need for a successful vegetable and fruit garden.

Liberty School

Liberty School is the only K-12 school in the town of Joes, serving both towns of Joes and Kirk in the high plains of Colorado.
Eastern Colorado is largely farmland growing expansive fields of grain crops. Ironically, in the midst of all this agriculture we are a food desert; we have no access to locally grown vegetables.
Our ultimate garden goal is for the Industrial Arts and Future Farmer's of America Programs
to expand the greenhouse programming from growing only bedding plants to growing vegetables to start a community supported agriculture (CSA) program.

Commack High School

We started our garden in Spring 2013 with one raised garden bed and, through grant funding, we have expanded to three raised beds. We are seeking additional funding and support to erect winterizing tunnels to extend our growing season so that we are able to provide the local food pantry with more fresh, organic produce. The produce we currently provide leaves the food pantry the day we deliver it which indicates there is a great need for free fresh vegetables and fruits in our community.

Owsley County High School

Located in Appalachian Kentucky, Owsley County School District (OCSD) has three centrally located schools ( a Headstart serving 3-4 year olds, an elementary school serving grades Pre-K–6 and a middle/high school serving grades 7–12), with a total enrollment of 850 students.

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