Lower Elementary

Smouse Oppurtunity School

Smouse Opportunity School started their garden in the spring of 2012. The American Heart Association and Des Moines FoodCorps, helped Ms. Gladson and Ms. Harmeyer-Logsdon establish the site. The staff utilizes the garden during the school year with tastings and curriculum tie-ins.

Toronto Island Natural Science School Raised Bed Food Garden

 By creating a raised bed food garden, we are helping students to dive into gardening, get dirty, and experience fresh organic, heritage produce! Students from all over Toronto come and stay at the centre for 2 1/2 days and are immersed in outdoor education. The garden is a wonderful part of this program, and eventually we hope to see it supplement our school cafeteria as well.

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

John M. Moriarty Elementary School

This is a service site with the national program FoodCorps.

South Warren Elementary School Garden

 Our school garden is brand new this spring, 2013! Our garden coordinator is a first grade teacher, and she is working with Farm Bureau and our county's FoodCorps Service Member to develop the space and involve different classes and grade levels. Soon, our first graders will fill our new raised beds alongside 4th and 5th graders at our school. We can't wait to get started!

Carver Community School Garden

Carver Community School created their garden in the spring of 2012. Ray Meylor, of Pheasants Forever, and Ms. Hogan, second grade teacher at Carver, helped Des Moines FoodCorps break ground in April. Parents also supported the garden by trading watering duties for ownership of 4 raised beds. This year, the garden will gain support from the Boys & Girls Club, with programming happening throughout the season. Des Moines FoodCorps also teaches Pick a Better Snack at Carver throughout the winter.

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. 

Mariam Boyd Elementary School Garden

 Students benefit from our school garden in the classroom and after school. First and fourth grade students use the garden through every stage to grow plants and use the produce for classroom cooking. Our fifth graders also tend the garden every other week with Culinary Club. This after school club exposes students to where food comes from, how to grow their own food, and how to prepare complex dishes.

Hyalite Elementary School Garden Program

Hyalite Elementary School has a robust garden of 7 raised beds, amounting to over 700 square feet of garden space! We use the gardens to grow flowers, herbs and produce to educate our Pre-K through 5th-grade students about how to grow food, provide the opportunity to try new foods and know where healthy food comes from! We also have a greenhouse and edible landscaping as part of our schoolyard environment.

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