Middle School

Kua O Ka La Public Charter School

Vision:
Kua O Ka Lā has adopted the concept of `Ke Ala Pono – The Right Path – to describe our goal of nurturing and developing our youth. We believe that every individual has a unique potential and that it is our responsibility to help our students learn to work together within the local community to create a future that is pono – right.

Mission:
To provide students of the Puna and Hilo communities with a quality education that addresses their distinctive learning styles in order to enable them to become contributing members of society.

Prescott Farmers Market

The Prescott Farmers Market is a non-profit farmers’ cooperative organization, that operates three markets in the Prescott area. In addition to the markets, PFM supports schools in garden construction and maintenence projects through their school garden grant program and hosts a FoodCorps service member. In partnership with PFM the service member teaches nurtition and supports school garden programs in local schools while working with community partners to increase Farm to School programs in all three school districts.

 

Ndee Bikiyaa (The People's Farm)

Ndee Bikíyaa (The People's Farm) is a project of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Resources. The Farm currently supports school garden construction, facilitates gardening workshops for the community, and produces crops for distribution at the farmers' market in Whiteriver. The Farm also works with community members to provide garden and nutrition education programs at the farm, utilizes the passive greenhouse, and provides local food to school cafeterias, classes, businesses and Tribal enterprises. Ndee Bikiyaa is located 7 miles southwest of the community of Whiteriver.

Smarts Farm

SMARTS Farm: transformed vacant parking lot now a thriving communicty garden and education hub in downtown San Diego.

Common Threads World Garden

The World Garden:

The Common Threads World Garden is an outdoor program designed to teach children about planting, maintaining, and harvesting from a garden. Once the produce is harvested, we use healthy recipes to demonstrate and bring to life the Common Threads core nutritional philosophies and lessons. Students are given a hands-on experience in the garden while learning about plants, gardening, harvesting, cooking healthy foods and proper exercise. Classes are offered in 6-week sessions in the spring and fall.

ISU Extension and Outreach - Linn County

ISU Extension- Linn County provides services to improve the quality of life in its community. They offer research and education on public issues, food and nutrition, health, financial management, youth development, and family relationships.

White Rock Montessori Discovery Garden

 The White Rock Montessori (WRM) Discovery Garden Program offers an outdoor classroom that opens doors to learning, enabling children to discover the true value of organic farming and the benefits of living close to nature. At WRM, opportunities abound for students to receive a whole and balanced education. Environmental studies are integrated into a variety of areas in the student’s daily work.

ISU Extension and Outreach - Black Hawk County

 

 

ISU Extension and Outreach is committed to "Making a Difference for Iowans." Through research-based education, they grow businesses and strengthen communities, support a safe, sustainable, and affordable food supply, help Iowa become the healthiest state in the nation, and prepare young people for the future.

 

Green Plate Special

Founded in 2011, Green Plate Special (GPS) engages ethnically diverse, middle-school youth (ages 10 – 14) through classroom- and after-school, hands-on learning in the self-sufficiency skill of growing, cooking, and eating healthy, tasty food.

Missoula County Public School District

Missoula County Public Schools is an official service site partner with FoodCorps, a national service organization.

 Missoula County Public Schools serves area students through nine elementary schools, three middle schools and four high schools (three in Missoula and one in Seeley Lake). The District also operates an Alternative High School program, Early Learning Preschool program at Jefferson Center and an adult education program at The Lifelong Learning Center.

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