Academic Classrooms

Dishchii'bikoh Community School Edible School Garden

The FoodCorps service member and staff from the nutrtition project team at The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health teach a science-based curriculum weekly to third, fourth, and fifth grade students at Dishchii'bikoh Community School. The community of Cibecue is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation--the home of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Students in the Edible School Garden program are taught nutrition in the classroom and hands-on lessons in the school garden.

Durant Tuuri Mott School Garden

 The Durant Tuuri Mott School Garden Project is a collaboration amongst the school community, the Crim Fitness Foundation, Master Gardeners, and a number of other community partners. The garden is made up of 5 large raised beds that grow herbs and vegetables. The garden is used in a number of classrooms to enhance curriculum and the produce is consumed by students during the school year and donated to local church groups during the summer months.

The Children's School

The Children's School is a Toddler - 8th Grade non-profit, independent, progressive school in La Jolla, CA. Our mission is to inspire each child's unique potential and desire for life-long learning through a strong academic, social, and environmental curriculum.

As a progressive school, we believe three core tenets are vital to educating children:
Academic development and social growth must be equally supported.
Students learn best when they take an active role in their education.
Teaching children how to learn is as important as teaching them what to learn.

Food Roots

Food Roots is located in Tillamook, on the beautiful North Oregon coast. Serving rural Tillamook County and the North Oregon Coast, Food Roots' mission is to cultivate a healthy food system in our region through serving as a catalyst and advocate for change. We do this through our programming, by forging fruitful partnerships, and by empowering communities and individuals to be more food self-reliant. Food Roots has provided resources and support for community and school gardens throughout Tillamook County and continues garden development throughout the region.

Mississippi Roadmap to Health Equity, Inc.

Mississippi Roadmap to Health Equity, Inc. is a community based project that is supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the USDA, it has a primary focus on raising awareness leading to community action where health and social disparities exist. The mission of Mississippi Roadmap is to achieve health equity by advocating for changes within the community institutions that influence people’s everyday lives. The goal is to change these institutions so that they support and never inhibit the community’s efforts to be healthy.

Lower Columbia School Gardens

LCSG helps schools start & sustain gardens in SW WA - dynamic outdoor classrooms where students experience the natural world & engage in hands-on learning of science, math, nutrition, ecosystems & more. Children have opportunities to connect with real food & to treat themselves, others, & the world around them with care & respect. Students often take the lead; our staff & volunteers look for the teachable moments.

Monforton School Garden

Monforton School has a garden which supplies produce and herbs to the kitchen, as well as growing relationships with local producers that provides the central kitchen with produce. 

Branciforte Middle School Life Lab

We are a community of learners who get outside to grow fantastic crops and flowers in the warm climate of the  Banana Belt area of Santa Cruz, California.   Our Middle School garden is in its second year of production.   We involve our 6th grade core classes, our art, cooking and science classes in hands on learning weekly.

Ambohidray School Garden

 I am a Peace Corps volunteer teaching agricultural education to the students at my local elementary school. 

Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes

The Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes is a Pre-K-Grade 5 public magnet school focused on sustainability.  Each of the 11 classrooms have at least one garden bed that grows food and flowers connected to the classroom curriculum.

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