Lower Elementary

PEAS (Partners for Education, Agriculture & Sustainability)

PEAS is an organization made up both former classroom teachers and experienced outdoor educators. We collaborate and amplify our impact by working with many partners including school staff, volunteers, parents, community stakeholders, city entities, and foundations.

Ecotrust Farm to School

Ecotrust works with schools, childcare centers, hospitals, and colleges to increase procurement of local foods. One of the key tools we use to find farmers is FoodHub (www.food-hub.org), Ecotrust’s online directory and marketplace for buyers and sellers of regional food.

Mountain Garden Initiative

 Mountain Garden Initiative provides a space for kids to learn about science, nature, and gardening in a hands-on, outdoor environment. We believe kids can learn valuable lessons about plant growth and gardening both inside and outside the classroom. We hope that school gardens will foster a love for homegrown produce, healthy soil, and the great outdoors through hands-on gardening experience from an early age. The first garden was founded at Cumberland Elementary School in Harlan County, KY, by Rachel Manning and Hilary Neff during the summer of 2012.

Beach School Edible Schoolyard

Our school garden is used by some teachers in classrooms.  We also have an after school 4-H garden club.

A Living Library

Life Frames, Inc., the non-profit sponsor of A Living Library, works with diverse schools and communities, creating place-based, ecological transformation and greening of school-yards and neighborhoods.

Akasa

 

M I S S I O N 

Hi, We’re AKASA. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides a diversified Wellness Curriculum to low-income communities in Los Angeles utilizing the tools of mindfulness, cooking and gardening to reconnect students and families with their bodies. 

V I S I O N 

Arise Garden

Our garden has just started and is slowly growing into something our school can really be proud of.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program

Weeden Heights Primary School is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. We have been delivering the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program for over five years. Children from Year 3 through to Year 6 regularly participate in both Kitchen and Garden Classes with students from the lower year levels also participating on the rotating basis. Two specialist teachers deliver the program, Ange in Kitchen and Mandy (Me) in Garden.

The Charleston Area Children's Garden Project @ Youth Learning Institute, Clemson University

The Charleston Area Children's Garden Project (CACGP) guides and assists five Title 1 schools per year in the development of edible gardens as a performance & standards based school & community support, consisting of several hundred youth grades two through six. This is implemented through volunteer support and teacher/CACGP collaboration from construction to harvest with the purpose of promoting physically active and healthy lifestyles aiding in the prevention of chronic illness in children.

School-to-Farm Field Trips

The small staff of volunteers has already started hosting students for school-to-farm field trips. Junior high students have been able to experience an outdoor learning environment, maintaining group efficiency and communication amongst each other. Everyone gets their hands dirty.

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