Garden Classrooms

Mindful Farming and Sustainable Food Advocates for Urban Foodsheds to Confront Preventable Diet-Related Diseases

Sustainable Food Advocates promotes nutrition education to strengthen the innate healing instinct of the body through healthy eating, adherence and literacy strategies that reduce preventable diet-related diseases and promote nourishing potentials that improve access to nutrient dense vitamins, minerals and the medicinal qualities of carotenoids, flavonoids, and polyphenols found in healthy vegetables, fruits, herbs, and nuts.  Through personalized counseling, workshops and conferences, member-households receive guidance in labeling information and nutrition facts, cooking tips and health b

Oysterponds Elementary and Greenport High School Edible Education Initiative

To facilitate, encourage and promote the development of Edible Education in the local school district.

The garden at Oysterponds Elementary is in the beginning stages, while the garden at Greenport High School is well-established.

3D-Me, Inc

3D-Me, Inc. mission and vision is focused on the creation and support of economic growth opportunities; that include providing accessible and nutritious food to communities. Providing fun exercise programs, for all age’s to help meet the social demands of a diverse neighborhood, and a dedication to finding ways to help economic growth through job search training techniques.

We want to emphasis the struggle with obesity that is currently affecting our children and youth. But more importantly we want to target the entire family, in order to allow each member to:

RECREA, ESCUELA PARA LA VIDA

RECREA, Escuela para la Vida, is an educational initiative of the Government of the State of Jalisco that aims to promote health and the integral development of children through socio-emotional skills and healthy lifestyles.

The life skills needed to live are developed throughout life, and this development can be intentional and directed by educational institutions from early stages.

Objective of the Program:

Metropolitan State University

As a former volunteer and intern at ESY, I'm really excited at the prospect of attending the Edible Schoolyard summer training. Since leaving ESY in 2012, I have been working as a chef instructor in Denver, CO. I currently teach culinary education classes for students enrolled in nutritional science and hospitality progams at Metropolitan State University. We offer some unique programs, including a certicate in urban agriculture. 

Pippy

Are mission is to help ever child learn where they are at. be nice to everyone and every thing. The curriculum is use ith the play base learnig. 

Thrive Public Schools

Thrive High School is committed to progressive education, with the following three main areas of emphasis: project-based learning, social-emotional learning, and personalized learning.  We strongly feel that the purpose of our education program is to encourage individual students to recognize their skill sets and to develop relevant skills for a future that is in many ways uncertain and require a strong, but also a flexible and innovative mind.  We would like to continue to develop our food production program in order to build something with our students that has a healthy impact on their f

Childswork Learning Center

We respect children's natural capabilities and share our passion, empathy, and enthusiasm in a reflective and collaborative way. We provide a supportive, nuturing, and encouraging environment for children and families to develop relationships, to discover ideas, to construct knowledge through play, and to cultivate a joy for learning. Play is a child's work and their response to life.

The Madonna Well-Med Children/Senior Garden

Our goal for our community is to shift the way our children and families see food and are able to access fresh fruits and vegetables. We include healthy activities and exercise. We strongly believe what we put in our bodies affects not only our physical health but our mental health. We envision a Westside with lower rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes through educating the youth about growing food and preparing their harvests for their families. We have been able to successfully supplement 50% of the lunches and snacks via the garden for our community residents.

Lopez Island Farm Education Program

The mission of the L.I.F.E. (Lopez Island Farm Education) Program at the Lopez School is to create sustainable local community-based organic farming & gardening experiences that are wholly integrated into the Lopez Island School District K-12 curriculum & cafeteria to promote individual, community and environmental health.

The L.I.F.E. Program helps students build an appreciation for nature, nutrition, community, land stewardship, and the environment.

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