Pre-Kindergarten

A.M. Waddington Elementary School

We develop leadership skills and help the community by growing food for food banks, learning how to conserve energy, and learning about plants and animals, especially insects!  We have a scout-like program called Eco-Warriors to facilitate this. Our credo is:

BE KIND TO PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS

REDUCE, REUSE, AND RECYCLE CORRECTLY

CLEAN MY ENVIRONMENT AND NEVER LITTER

SAVE ENERGY WHEREVER I AM

 

 

Atlanta Speech School

The overarching goal of all campus gardens is to increase exposure to language as it relates to nature food recycling and sustainability. Children gain vocabulary and context as they plan plant maintain harvest and est fresh produce. Specifically this grant will make possible the creation of two beds that are larger in scale than the beds currently on campus. This larger space will significantly expand planting possibilities and compost space allowing more children to work at one time.

Salem-Keizer Education Foundation Learning Gardens

 Salem-Keizer Education Foundation (SKEF) Learning gardens serves ages Pre-K through High School in the Salem-Keizer School District. Currently, we work with eight schools that have schools gardens on site. We help teachers implement garden curriculum and lead after school garden clubs through the Enrichment Acadmy provided by SKEF. 

This is a service site with the national program FoodCorps.

Horta Educativa

The Educational Garden Project aims to strengthen the educational work aimed at the formation of social values, cultural and food compatible with the preservation of the country's culture, the environment and the promotion of healthy eating habits. It is an educational tool for understanding the relationship between the environment and healthy eating, linking them to health, citizenship and quality of life.

Eisenhower Elementary School Garden

This is a service site with the national program FoodCorps. There are two large beds for vegetable production at the front entrace of the school, as well as an operational greenhouse at the back of the school. Five classes and the after-school program regularly host a FoodCorps service member, and the school participates in monthly cafeteria tastings of local produce.

Freeman Elementary

This is a service site with the national program FoodCorps. The school has a hoop house, 4 raised beds, and a compost bin. Three classrooms regularly host a FoodCorps service member, and the school participates in monthly cafeteria tastings of local produce.

Smouse Oppurtunity School

Smouse Opportunity School started their garden in the spring of 2012. The American Heart Association and Des Moines FoodCorps, helped Ms. Gladson and Ms. Harmeyer-Logsdon establish the site. The staff utilizes the garden during the school year with tastings and curriculum tie-ins.

Toronto Island Natural Science School Raised Bed Food Garden

 By creating a raised bed food garden, we are helping students to dive into gardening, get dirty, and experience fresh organic, heritage produce! Students from all over Toronto come and stay at the centre for 2 1/2 days and are immersed in outdoor education. The garden is a wonderful part of this program, and eventually we hope to see it supplement our school cafeteria as well.

FoodCorps at Healthy Communities of the Capital Area

 Thousands of young Americans have dedicated themselves to reforming the food chain, from field to table, and of all the programs that have emerged to channel that energy and idealism, FoodCorps is the most inspiring. - Michael Pollan, Author

Carver Community School Garden

Carver Community School created their garden in the spring of 2012. Ray Meylor, of Pheasants Forever, and Ms. Hogan, second grade teacher at Carver, helped Des Moines FoodCorps break ground in April. Parents also supported the garden by trading watering duties for ownership of 4 raised beds. This year, the garden will gain support from the Boys & Girls Club, with programming happening throughout the season. Des Moines FoodCorps also teaches Pick a Better Snack at Carver throughout the winter.

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