Middle School

Eco-Schools USA

National Wildlife Federation granted host status from FEE to establish Eco-Schools programming for the United States

In December 2008, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) was granted host status for K-12 schools in the United States by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).  This honor - this charge - fits seamlessly with NWF's work to promote environmental education, connect people with nature and raise awareness about the impacts to people and wildlife from climate change.

Brain Child Press

 Brain Child Press was founded to respond to the growing childhood obesity epidemic and the dual crises of poor health and low literacy in the U.S.  We saw the expanding need for attractive, easy-to-read educational materials that address topics essential to the healthy development of children. Since 2005 our materials have been used around the nation by agencies, programs, and individuals working toward healthier  families and communities.

Joseph Sears School Outdoor Classroom

The Outdoor Classroom is an outdoor space for student exploration, inquiry, discovery and learning.  It is filled with native prairie, woodland flowers, butterfly garden and a rain garden. In addition, we have 4 raised vegetable beds, a low vegetable bed, Concord grape vineyard, blueberry, raspberry and strawberry bushes and places to sit, study and enjoy the garden. The outdoor classroom is maintained by students, staff, and parents. During summer months, family volunteers adopted a week to weed, harvest and maintain with the help of The Organic Gardener every Friday.

Pilot Light

Mission
Pilot Light’s mission is to support teachers in creating food-based classroom lessons that support children with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills they need to have healthy relationships with food. To do that, Pilot Light has developed a cohesive model for classroom food education, incorporating food as a lens for traditional subjects, such as Math, Reading, History, and Science in K-12 classrooms.

Mobile Greenhouse Project

The Mobile Greenhouse Project is designed as a way to make food growing fun and interesting for kids and adults.

I travel with my converted school bus to schools and events and offer my services to install gardens at schools, clubs and churches. I also help with community gardens and private residence gardens.

Ivy Tech Associate Accelerated Program & IPS #87 Garden Project

Ivy Tech’s ASAP Program and IPS school 87’s Garden Project is a space wherein students experience the origins of food and is a hub for collaborative learning.

The New York Botanical Garden

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The New York Botanical Garden, in collaboration with Leave It Better, proposes an education and procurement project to benefit 12 public and charter schools in New York City. The project will test a holistic school gardening model that integrates school gardening activities with hands‐on workshops in the New York Botanical Garden’s Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden and Greenmarket.

Farm2Five

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties proposes to implement a farm to school program over two years to create new, robust farm to school projects in seven schools in our district.

Alachua Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Alachua County Public Schools seeks to increase the amount of locally produced foods served in school meals, and to expand nutrition and wellness curriculum through support from a Farm to School Planning Grant. In developing a comprehensive farm to school program, Alachua County Public Schools will focus on high need Title I elementary schools.

REAP Food Group Farm to School Program

REAP’s Farm to School program works with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) to bring fresh, nutritious, locally- and sustainably- grown food to children. The program teaches children about healthy eating and the environment, strengthens links between the classroom and the lunchroom, and helps establish a stable market for local farmers.

The following is a summary of our Farm to School work:

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