Kindergarten

The New School of Lancaster

New School of Lancaster students are dirt-and-life-loving, curious young people who are eager to plant and savor vegetables and fruits from our school grounds. We are building food-growing and soil-growing spaces that can be used by all the students in our PreK-8 school.

H.B. Wilson Family School

With H.B Wilson’s school garden, we seek to engage students in a variety of areas that will create a healthy nutrition environment and foster improved student health. We believe that in doing so, this early learning experience in the garden will create positive relationships between healthy food and children. The school garden project enhances classroom programming to provide nutrition education and hands-on sustainable agricultural practice, provided weekly by two FoodCorps service members. The garden is an accessible and hands-on tool for teachers to use with their students.

Nightingale Montessori

Nightingale Montessori has an established cooking program with student participation that is part of our National Lunch and Breakfast Program. We have found that when children participate in the preparation of healthy food, they eat healthy food. We would like to expand this experience and include vegetables from a school garden into the cooking program. We have initiated plans to grow food to be utilized in this cooking program. We plan to expand to grow tomatoes and green beans with students.

Sherman School of Excellence

The Sherman School of Excellence School Garden Project seeks to achieve the following overall goals: - Increase student knowledge of where their food comes. - Majority of participating students will exhibit a positive attitude towards healthy foods. - Build leadership and teamwork amongst students through ownership of the school garden. - Involve parents through the design and upkeep of the garden. A grant from the Whole Kids Foundation will support improvements to the Sherman School of Excellence property and create an outdoor learning space where students and parents can get involved.

Red Wiggler Community Farm

Red Wiggler Community Farm is a non-profit farm that works with youth and adults with and with out disabilities to grow and sell high quality Certified Organic Produce and offer service learning and education opportunities for the surrounding communities. 

 

North Shore Community School

North Shore Community School excels in connecting our students’ academics and learning with their natural and social environments in a nurturing community setting. We use the environment as an integrating context for learning in all subject areas. With forty acres, a school forest, a new greenhouse and a nature trail, ample opportunity exists to explore and create hands on learning experiences in the natural environment. Teachers use guided inquiry to capitalize on students interests and engage learners in meaningful encounters.

Seed to Table - Italo's Garden

The mission of the Alameda Boys & Girls Club is to inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. We involve young boys and girls in wholesome activities that build their self-esteem and self-worth. We teach the values of responsibility and respect. The Seed to Table Program is a key part in providing Health & Life Skills, emphasizing learning by doing and critical thinking.

Sustainable Food Center

Sustainable Food Center cultivates a healthy community by strengthening the local food system and improving access to nutritious, affordable food. SFC envisions a food secure community where all children and adults grow, share, and prepare healthy, local food. SFC has 3 main programs: Grow Local, Farm Direct, and The Happy Kitchen/La Cocina Alegre.

Food Nerd Jr.

We believe that everyone can be “food wise” regardless of age, background, education, or economic status. Our concept of comprehensive food education developed because we felt that standard paths focused specifically on nutrition and cooking.

 
Our multidisciplinary, project-based learning approach to food education allows for various perspectives of storytelling about the foods we love and hate.

José Carreiro Children’s Garden

The goals of the José Carreiro Children’s Garden are to provide place-based hands-on experiences for children which actively engage them in sustainable gardening as of means of learning how plants and animals grow; teach children where food comes from; provide opportunities for children to explore how to support a healthy garden environment; teach children how to make sound choices for healthy bodies; and utilize the garden framework to make connections to the local ecosystem.

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