Upper Elementary

Crabapple Middle School

Our main goal is to educate ALL CMS students using the garden. We would like to increase the yield of our garden this year from 1400 pounds donated to 1750 pounds. Education for our customers is key, what are we growing, when, how can it be used, and what is the value of the vegetables provided.

We would use the grant for:

--equipment: tillers, tools, fence materials, lumber to make more beds/bigger garden, composter

-- better soil, more planting material to rotate crops more often

--a garden shed to keep tools,

Cornerstone @ Pedregal Elementary School

Our goal is to create an edible learning garden that will educate our students and parent community on making healthy food choices that will develop into a lifetime of healthy food habits.

Community United Elementary School

The goal of the Community United garden is to provide a safe place for students to learn about food and where it comes from. We will use the grant to create a more sustainable garden so that students will have a consistent program year after year. We hope to create a learning environment where the older students are teaching the younger students about gardening and the teacher is only facilitating. This promotes responsibility and develops a sense of community with the garden as its focus.

Charles F. Patton Middle School - The Patton Project Gardens

The goal of our garden project is to make a difference in the lives of our students, their families, and the community. We had hoped to provide a level playing field for all of the students in our school where all children, regardless of academic ability, social status, and ethnic background are equal and plan to do this for years to come. We will be continuing to grow fresh produce for those in need while introducing and expanding our students understanding of nutrition and healthy eating habits.

California Avenue Elementary

Our garden has 1 year goals and 5 year goals: This grant will make our 1 year goals possible, and get us well on our way to success in achieving our 5 year goals.

The overall goal of the Riverbank Community Gardens is to improve access to nutrition education to our children through hands on production of foods, and to create, and develop community partnerships that share those goals.

1 year goals:

1. To upgrade irrigation system to be more efficient and cost saving.

2. To obtain materials, expertise and labor for the building of a secure tool shed.

C. J. Donald Elementary

Our primary goal is to expand and sustain an existing school garden located at C.J. Donald Elementary school in Fairfield, Alabama. This garden is used by students in the Better Basics HOPE Community Learning Center program in the afternoon and is accessible to students and teachers throughout the school day.

Our garden instruction seeks to increase students

Buckhorn Public School

Goal: To expose students to the importance and biodiversity of local food. This goal will be achieved through growing and tasting a variety of crops throughout the winter and summer months.Students will grow and taste varieties not widely available , and also learn seed saving skills for future planting. Students will research heritage and rare food cultivars.

Brookfield Schools

Our goal is to improve physical and emotional health in the children at For KEEPS by: increasing awareness about healthy foods; reducing body weights and improving (Body Mass Indices (BMIs); improving social skills such as waiting one's turn; listening to directions; being safe; communicating with peers; and having appropriate fun. Parents are encouraged to serve fruits and vegetables brought home by the children from the For KEEPS garden. We duplicate planting/growing at home by providing starter kits (pots, dirt, seeds).

Brentwood Academy

This collaborative art and ecology project is being developed in partnership with CNG, Brentwood Academy, the Cultural Kaleidoscope Program, and Castilleja School. We propose to plan an organic garden and create a green space that serves as an outdoor classroom for ecology and art education as well as a place where members of the school community can come together.

Beth Ramacher Educational Complex

The goal of our school garden is to expose our students to new adventures and new experiences. Our students have severe disabilities and some of the students are medically fragile. They do not get to experience gardens; for some they do not get to experience real fruits and vegetables. This grant will allow us to present new and exciting opportunities for our students. When they are outside our students are smiling and enjoying themselves soaking up the sun. The students love getting their hands dirty and watching the plants grow big and strong.

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