Kindergarten

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital near Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti in Michigan is home to the nation's first hospital-based farm and clinical accessible hoop house.

We converted over 20 acres of lawn into arable farmland, where we grow alfalfa, fruit, vegetables, flowers and herbs. We work with two production hoop houses and have a third accessible hoop house for rehabilitation therapy.

The Farm hosts a weekly farmers market in the hospital lobby, provides a CSA for staff, provides produce for patient meals and the hospital's deli, and donates produce to our local food pantry.

The Maryland Agricultural Resource Coucnil (MARC) is the non-profit arm of the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park operated by the Baltimore County Recreation and Parks Department in Cockeysville, Maryland in Northern baltimore County.

The 150 acre farm park, which has been actively engaged in agriculture since the 1700's and which is now protected under an agricultural easement, offers the public unfettered acces to agriculture. It is "The People's Farm".

The Hollywood Garden, our school garden at Hollywood Elementary School in Stevensville, Michigan, serves as a laboratory for plant study and as a place to learn about fresh food.  Hollywood's students are involved with maintenance of the garden, and do exploratory classes under the direction of adult volunteers.  The Hollywood Garden is the only school garden in our corner of southwestern Michigan that is part of the Edible Scho

We are a small but growing alternative school in the Montreal public schools with a focus on nature and urban gardening.  We have just entered our third year in existence, and this year's garden focus will be to integrate our brand-new grant-funded garden into the classroom pedagogy.