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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.

Brattleboro Food Co-op's Education & Outreach

Our program goals:

to introduce a variety of healthy, natural and locally grown foods to school children to broaden their food experience.

to increase students understanding about where food comes from.

to provide students with nutrition information enabling them to make healthy food choices.

Slow Food International

 Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization with supporters in 150 countries around the world who are linking the pleasure of good food with a commitment to their community and the environment.

A non-profit member-supported association, Slow Food was founded in 1989 to counter the rise of fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.

Youth Villages AmeriCorps Community Garden

The Youth Villages AmeriCorps community garden began in 2007, as an AmeriCorps service learning project designed to create a garden space for learning and meditation at the Youth Villages Inner Harbour Campus in Douglasville, GA. The first planting occurred in the spring of 2008, and every spring, summer and fall, AmeriCorps members, students, staff and teachers plant and harvest organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.

Students' Organization for Sustainability

 Student's Organization for Sustainability is a student run club at Las Positas College in Livermore, CA.

Our goal is to promote awareness of our environmental impact through education, activities and events. We plan to organize tree plantings, coordinate volunteer activities and work together with professors, other students and clubs on campus as well as with local organizations to help foster knowledge of ways to share information and live more sustainable lifestyles.

Pelion Community Garden at City Honors School

Mission
To Create and Implement a School Garden Program at City Honors where students will have hands on learning opportunities to explore the connections between food, health and the environment.

Natural Axis

Natural Axis exists to educate people with disabilities how to garden.  How to enjoy the garden for recreational exercise and therapy.  How to enjoy the garden as a career.

 

It is located at the Kingswood Community Church and plans to start our first classroom in January 2013.

If you are interested in helping our program, contact Terri Haynes at 763-438-3692.  thaynes548@hotmail.com

 

Twin Palms Center for the Disabled

We are a  non profit center for the disabled serving Adults with various disabilities including Down Syndrome and Autism.  We are creating a working garden for the students to plant, tend and harvest into wholesome and delicious meals each day. With the eventual hopes of selling what we grow.

special needs garden ... walk-of-life

 I need to speak with several people before discussing my program but it involves, individual student programs as well as small group, whole class and even whole school if chosen. 

I am a special needs teacher and my programs can be adapted for any age level and any type of school.

please contact me if you are interested in developing my programs.

 

thank you 

 

peter..

Unity Gardens Inc

The Unity Gardens Educational Growing Project 

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