Academic Classrooms

Kinder-GARDEN ing and more

 Our 4th  grade book buddies assist our Kindergartners with choosing the plants to grow each season. But, the original garden was designed by me. It has since been expanded and we have improved it each year. I used a book entitled Schoolyard Garden Mosaics as inspiration, but I work with a limited budget each year, so I just dream of having gardens like those displayed in the book.

Upper Mississippi Academy Edible Schoolyard

 The Edible Schoolyard is one of four Experiential Learning Pathways that frame the learning program at Upper Mississippi Academy.   We have a teaching kitchen on our campus and all students participate in garden and culinary classes on a regular basis. Our school is interdisciplinary and mulit-dimensional and the outcomes and the values of the Edible Schoolyard Experiential Learning Pathway will be incorporated into all content areas and grade levels.

Martha's Table's Greenhouse

Built in January 2013, our new Greenhouse is a cornerstone of our food and education programs, playing several important roles. In our food program, the Greenhouse will help us serve more fresh and nutritious food to those in need. Currently, we are growing tomatoes, broccoli, beans, lettuce, strawberries and a variety of herbs.

Parkdale Community Garden

 Our garden is a large enclosed vegetable garden, it is a learning garden on the grounds of an elementary school.  During the summer months we have local families adopt the garden for a week at a time to maintain the garden.  During the school year we have volunteers meet with classes in the garden and we have an after school garden club.

Richmond College Prep Elementary School-Grandpa Allen Learning Garden

          The Richmond College Prep Elementary School in located in Richmond, California.  It has two large gardens on its campus, the Grandpa Allen Learning Garden (GALG) on the Maritime side, and another large one on the Portables side of the campus.  In the gardens students learn hands-on farming practices such as planting, harvesting, weeding, watering, and seed saving. Through these activities, they follow a project based curriculum practicing Math, Science, English, History, and Art.

Chicago Excel Academy

We are educators at an alternative high school on the south side of Chicago.  Our students, who are between ages 16-21, were not successful in the traditional school system for a wide variety of reasons. Because of these obstacles, they are undercredited, and for many of them, this is their last chance to earn a high school diploma.

Green School Bali

Green School is an international school in Bali, Indonesia, with approximately 300 students in Pre-K through Grade 12. These include fee-paying students from 40 countries and other parts of Indonesia, along with local Balinese children who attend via a scholarship program. Our commitment to sustainable practices earned us the Center for Green Schools at the US Green Building Council's innagural award as the “Greenest School on Earth”.

Grass Valley Charter School Garden

The mission of the Science Garden at Grass Valley Charter School is to provide quality lessons in gardening and science to the students of Grass Valley Charter School. We hope to open the space up to the other schools in our district very soon. Every student from Pre-K through 6th grade attends 45 minute weekly garden classes. The classes often teach Science Standards through the lens of gardening. 

New Pond Farm

 Each year, using our outstanding outdoor classrooms, we bring students of all ages outside and offer hands-on environmental programs that focus on our habitats with their diverse flora and fauna. When people appreciate and understand the world around them, they become better stewards of their environment.

Project Raw FPC

Our Company is a California based Flexible Purpose Corporation that focuses primarily in 3 areas: Outreach, Education, Community.  

Our OUTREACH program helps homeless shelters and food underprivileged organizations to maximize the shelf life of their donated fruits and vegetables.  We then teach them the nutritional benefits of them and implement high speed blenders to mix the "green" in with their smoothies.

 

Our EDUCATION program is delivered through media and website that explain and teach individuals the importance of a plant based nutritional diet.

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