Upper Elementary

Cindy's garden to Table

Cindy's Garden to Table is a business interested in educating youth and adults about the importance of nutrition and health for the family and individual. Cindy's mission is to educate children and adults about the importance of diet to their overall health. By eating a whole foods plant-based diet we can heal our bodies and achieve optimal health. By teaching a love of organic gardening and cooking that uses fresh, seasonal ingredients, we can learn to enjoy our food choices, and heal our bodies and our planet.

Apple Seeds

Apple Seeds is a non-profit whose mission is to get students excited about fruits and vegetables through garden nutrition education. 

We have a farm where we host common-core aligned field trips and farm to table events with students. 

On our farm we grow produce for our school farmer's markets, which are a cheap access point to fresh food and a great learning opportunity. Our produce is also sold to Fayetteville Public Schools' Seed to Student Program. 

Level Grove Elementary School Garden

Level Grove's school garden was built in the fall of 2015 with help from Northeast Georgia Farm to School. Level Grove's Farm to School team has taught multiple standards-based, garden-themed lessons across grade levels and disciplines, and has expanded their garden area to include vermicomposting, a compost tumbler (for a limited number of cafeteria scraps), and a weather station.

Cornelia Explorers Garden

Cornelia Elementary established a school garden in fall of 2015 with the help of Northeast Georgia Farm to School and Farm Bureau of Habersham County. The fifth grade team at Cornelia initiated and facilitated the construction of the garden, but the school hopes all teachers and grade levels will be able utilize the garden space as it grows.

Mollen Foundation-Garfield's Garden on the Corner

The Mollen Foundation, a 501 C(3) non-profit organization since 2008, is dedicated to educating and empowering schools and communities to transform their lives by adopting healthy habits to achieve life-long benefits. The Mollen Foundation offers a comprehensive approach to healthy living through food education, physical activity, leadership and resiliency skills. Our Farm to Table collaboration began in 2012 as a project with a passionate group of high school students, called Newtrition, after a protest in the cafeteria to bring healthy food to their campus.

Savannah Children's Museum

In 2012 Coastal Heritage Society, a 501(c)3 non-profit, established the Savannah Children's Museum.  Among over a dozen hands-on exhibits, Savannah Children's Museum offers a sensory garden exhibit called Frogtown Garden, which is used to provide educational programs centered around nutrition and garden education to children and their families.  Recognizing the need to address child wellness and nutrition in Chatham County, the position of Nutrition and Garden Coordinator was created to implement health and nutrition initiatives into the museum's daily programming.

Meadowbrook Waldorf School

Meadowbrook Waldorf School offers Waldorf Education for children in prekindergarten through Grade 8, with additional programs for younger children and their caregivers. Waldorf Education was founded in 1919 and is distinguished by its unique, interdisciplinary approach. MWS has been offering this rigorous academic curriculum, infused with rich artistic activities and engaging practical experiences, to students in Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut since 1979.

Green School

Boca Raton Christian School maintains several gardens on campus.  Teachers and students are encouraged to grow food and enjoy organic vegetables.  

Composting is used on campus with two worm chimneys built into our gardens.  

We also have a butterfly garden attracting six different species.  Students learn about the life cycle of the butterfly through first hand experience . ( Egg, larva, pupa, adult)

Omaha Public Schools: Life's a Garden! Can You Dig It?

Mission Statement:  Our mission is to engage students in sustainable gardening practices that contribute to the nutrition of their families and community. 

Goals:  Student academic achievement will increase through the implementation of healthy food options.  Students will demonstrate the value of nutritious food choices to their families and community.  

Growing the Garden - Roses in Concrete Nature Program

Roses in Concrete Community School (RiC) is a K-4 school in East Oakland that opened its doors this academic year with 200 students enrolled: 40% Latino, 40% African-American, 10% Asian and Pacific Islander, 8% multi-racial, and 2% European-American. Over 50% qualify as socio-economically disadvantaged. Our school emphasizes knowledge of self, character, and intellectual growth to prepare students to fundamentally impact global society beginning with actively participating in their own communities.

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