Upper Elementary

Cambridge Elementary School Garden

Our school garden has about a dozen raised beds of vegetables, herbs, fruit, and flowers. We have compost containers, an on-site "garden shed" made from an old shipping container.

Pittsburg Unified School District

Pittsburg USD has created a Farm to school environment where we are utilizing Farm to school for our enhanced Nutrition program.  In addition, through the USDA Farm to School program grant, we will source and procure fresh, local produce to serve in our nutrition program.  This will aid in our community support and allow for students to learn how the Food system works. 

Rogue Valley Farm to School

 Rogue Valley Farm to School offers school garden activities, farm field trips, tasting tables, and works with local farmers and food service to increase the use of local food in school meals.  Educational programs serve 5 school districts in two counties of the Rogue Valley.

The Human Path Sustainable Gardening Program

Sustainable gardening makes up an important part of the homestead movement back to better health and a stronger connection to the land.  Introducing these garden techniques to youth is a great way to bring simple concepts into their every day life and give an alternative to the highly processed fast-food that is present everywhere.  Putting youth in charge of the growing process as well as the harvest and preserving of the food teaches life-long self reliance skills that will benefit them regardless of where they live.  The ability to effectively grow both medicinal and edible plants is one

NOSH Nourishing Our Student's Health

NOSH teaches children how to have healthy bodies. This program is a hands-on cooking and nutrition class for young people. Children will experience the pleasures of preparing and enjoying "real food" that is both nutritious and delicious - an essential step toward health and well-being. Through cooking, games, stories and films kids learn how to eat well in addition to becoming expert label detectives. Come see what's cooking!

 

Gahanna Learning Gardens

The Gahanna Learning Garden program is an outreach project from The Ohio Herb Education Center (www.ohioherbcenter.org) Gahanna, Ohio is the Herb Capital of Ohio, receiving that title in 1972.   This garden program partners with local schools to incorporate gardens on school grounds, providing outdoor learning spaces for students.

Our first garden will be installed in the spring of 2014.  .  The garden will be planted with native plants as well as herbs.

Soil America

Soil America is a non profit based out of The Redland in Homestead, Florida.

We serve and offer our resources to Greater Miami & the Florida Keys. (Miami-Dade / Broward + Monroe County)

We stand for clear communication between growers and the public.

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Raising awareness in communities about clean food is important, not just for our health, but also for the agricultural integrity our soil deserves.

Jose Ortega Elementary School Green Paws Program

 Our Green Paws Ecoliteracy program is funded by the Jose Ortega PTA. Each week our Garden Consulant works with students and teachers in the garden areas of our school. 

Grant K-8 Gecko Garden

Grant’s Gecko Garden is an “outdoor laboratory” funded by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) with oversight from the science lab coordinator and assisted by dedicated teachers, parent room parent representatives and volunteers.

Common Threads Farm and School Garden Collective

 At Common Threads Farm, we are on a mission to connect children and youth with healthy food through seed-to-table educational experiences. We currently reach over 3000 youth annually through our school-based gardening and cooking programs, our partnerships with nonprofits serving low-income youth, and our open-enrollment Farm Camp and Camp Pizza programs. In each of these programs, children are engaged in planting, tending, harvesting, cooking, eating, and - in some instances - selling produce at EBT (food stamp) accessible farm stands.

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