Lower Elementary

Trinity Homegrown Foods

 Trinity Homegrown Foods is  advocacy  group to promote food and gardening centered in the rural community of Hayfork, Ca. We have been approached by the principle of our elementary school to help plan a community effort to coordinate local farmers participation is suppling food stuffs to the school lunch program and to assist in the formation of a student garden and possible kitchen classroom. We are at the initial planning stage of this project having just  submitted a grant proposal for funding this week.

City Growers

City Growers administers educational tours and workshops at Brooklyn Grange rooftop farms.  Using the working farms as learning laboratories, students K-12 experience urban agriculture first hand, enabling them to better grasp where their food comes from, and empowering them to make healthy choices for themselves and the environment.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is growing a food revolution from the ground up! Our key vision is pleasurable food education – skills for learning, skills for life.

We are changing the way children approach and think about food. All around the country, children are enthusiastically getting their hands dirty and learning how to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh, seasonal food.

C.A.R.E.S.

At Tri-County we currently have 5 raised garden beds , a courtyard that the students designed with window boxes,and a new greenhouse. We integrate our curriculum everyday into our gardening initiative. Our students, most of whom are new to horticulure  attain valuable skills throughout the year .

Rowan Garden Club

I started an organic garden club with about 10 studens after school this year.  I would like to expand the program and the garden and eventually create the edible schoolyard.

Food For Thought

Food for Thought provides students with a federally reimbursed breakfast “in the classroom.” In each participating school, breakfasts are delivered directly to the classroom, where students and teachers spend the first 10 minutes of the school day eating breakfast together. During these 10 minutes of communal time, teachers can take attendance, lead students through a focused activity on health and wellness, and build a familial learning community.

Northpoint Elementary School

The Northpoint Unity Garden and Monarch Waystation is a one-year old program that was created to revamp an used outdoor space.  It resides in an interior courtyard at an elementary school and is home to a vegetable and herb garden, feathered friends and a newly created Monarch Waystation.  We believe in partnering with community organizations to tap into areas of expertise to best educate our youth in grades K-5.

The Montessori School of Englewood

 We are a new school opening in August 2012. We are interested in putting in a school garden and outdoor classroom.

Garden of Learning

Garden of Learning is an award winning program that allows schools to start and sustain a successful academic garden program. It includes 10 CDs with materials to help you initiate, implement and sustain a successful school garden program:

The Garden System - A system for starting and sustaining elementary school garden programs.

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