Academic Classrooms

Rudd 'Roots Parents

Rudd 'Roots Parents supports the grassroots efforts of parent advocates by offering information they can use to take action. Whether you are a seasoned advocate or just getting started, Rudd 'Roots Parents provides parents with suggestions for building community, garnering support of key stakeholders, gathering information, and proposing policy changes to make school food healthy. Rudd 'Roots Parents connects parent advocates to each other and the Yale Rudd Center Food Policy & Obesity.

Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity

The Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity is a non-profit research and public policy organization devoted to improving the world’s diet, preventing obesity, and reducing weight stigma. The Rudd Center is dedicated to assessing and disseminating information about effective community and school interventions that address nutrition and obesity.

Chicago Community Garden Project

CHICAGO COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT

The Roseland Community Development Corporation and Healthcare Consortium of Illinois is collaborating and partnering with Non Profit Organizations, Urban Farms & Gardens, Educational Institutions, Chicago Park District, and the City of Chicago to implement and develop the Chicago Community Garden Project.

EARTH (Education And Resiliency Through Horticulture) Program

 The EARTH Program at Gifft Hill School(GHS) is a service learning horticulture program developed and implemented by the Department of Horticulture at Iowa State University.  The goal of the program is to design, instll and manage attractive landscapes for sustainable food prodution.  We integrate gardening education into the middle school curriculum and offer a high school elective.  Eventually, we will provide healthy, localy grown food for the lunch room and culinary labs.  The expanding school garden serves as a model of sustainable living to the students, the school and the wider St.

Truck Farm Omaha

While traveling across the country for their documentary film about urban agriculture, Growing Cities, Dan and Andrew came across Truck Farms from Portland, OR to Washington, D.C. From the first sight, they knew they wanted to start a Truck Farm in their hometown of Omaha, NE.

Truck Farm started in Brooklyn, N.Y. as an educational project and film by Director Ian Cheney of Wicked Delicate. The project has since spread to more than 25 other cities with great success. Visit their website: http://www.truckfarm.org/

Vermont Food Education Every Day (Vermont FEED)

Vermont FEED works with schools and communities to raise awareness about good nutrition, healthy food, and the role of Vermont farms and farmers.

We act as a catalyst for rebuilding healthy food systems and to cultivate links between classrooms, cafeterias, communities, and local farms.

Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley

 At the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, we study the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teach skills for a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.

We believe schools must focus on children's social and emotional lives, not just their academic pursuits. That’s why we’re committed to helping educators and parents understand the science behind social and emotional learning—and then apply those insights to the classroom.

Southern Boone Learning Garden

The Southern Boone Learning Garden is located in Ashland, Missouri, and is affiliated with the Southern Boone County R-1 School District and community.  Ashland is in the center of the state, halfway between Columbia & our capital, Jefferson City.  The mission of the Southern Boone Learning Garden is to provide outdoor classroom space and resources; to facilitate fun, authentic learning experiences that challenge students to embrace positive life skills; and to promote collaborative efforts between the Learning Garden, the school district, and the community.

Growing Healthy Habits

Growing Healthy Habits is a gardening and nutrition education curriculum for elementary school classrooms that was developed by the University of Maryland Extension Food Supplement Nutrition Education program (FSNE).  The curriculum was designed to help students increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables while creatively meeting Maryland State curriculum objectives through gardening, nutrition education, and tasting activities.  The Growing Healthy Habits curriculum was launched in Maryland 2010 and since then, more than 100 teachers have received hands-on training in curriculum us

Mountain Garden Initiative

 Mountain Garden Initiative provides a space for kids to learn about science, nature, and gardening in a hands-on, outdoor environment. We believe kids can learn valuable lessons about plant growth and gardening both inside and outside the classroom. We hope that school gardens will foster a love for homegrown produce, healthy soil, and the great outdoors through hands-on gardening experience from an early age. The first garden was founded at Cumberland Elementary School in Harlan County, KY, by Rachel Manning and Hilary Neff during the summer of 2012.

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