Garden Classrooms

NC Cooperative Extension- Guilford County FoodCorps Program

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension received a FoodCorps grant in 2011. At that time we were able to bring on board one service member to work with 5 title one Elementary  schools in the High Point area. We are working with Fariview, Kirkman park, Oak Hill, Union Hill and Johnsons street elementary. In 2012 we were able to bring on an additonal Service member and now are workign with 9 schools the new schools were Oakview Elementary, NorthWood, Allen Jay and Parkview Elementary. This year we have been conducting Harvest of the Month programs at the various schools.

Garden and Nutrition Club at Hooker School

An afterschool program run by a faculty member at Hooker School, Green Village Initiative and a FoodCorps Service Member once a week. The program offers both hands-on garden education and nutrition education.

The Food Project

Since 1991, The Food Project has been providing the Boston area with innovative community and youth programming based upon the belief that everyone deserves healthy, delicious food. Following sustainable agricultural practices, TFP farms on over 40 acres of land in urban and suburban communities in eastern Massachusetts. The Food that TFP grows is intended to increase access to healthy food; it is sold at Farmer’s Markets that accept EBT, WIC and senior coupons, sold as CSA shares, and donated to local hunger relief organizations. TFP youth engagement is integral to all of our programs.

Ypsilanti Middle School

We will use this grant to expand students' access to gardening by creating 2 new raised beds: an herb garden and a salsa garden. This experience will help bring hands-on learning into the classroom through a new cooking and nutrition education program. By teaching gardening skills in the outdoors cooking skills in the kitchen and nutritional knowledge in the classroom we will empower our students with a truly seed to fork education that will build their knowledge skills and wellness.

Ypsilanti High School

The objective of this community garden is to teach and engage students in environmental sustainability. Students will understand the importance of a sustainable community by learning concepts in environmental health responsibility and community involvement through democracy. Students will experience creating a vegetable garden to serve the school and local community; food for people in need participation in local farmer's markets and positive interaction among all community members.

YouthBuild Philadelphia

To grow fresh produce in order to develop a fresh food market. It has become clear that the availability of healthy food choices in close proximity to our school is very limited. Students and staff would benefit greatly if healthy food was available and inexpensive. Building the garden will be done by are construction students. Distribution will help students to see the workings of a small business. They will ascertain an understanding of small development budgeting and sustainability.

YMCA Tiger Academy

The garden goals for 2012 include expanding the garden capacity and related programming. Programming will include linking gardening with nutrition lessons for students and families establishing a mini produce market provide cooking classes and family workshops. The garden grant will teach families and students about the value of fresh produce and build skills in gardening and preparing fresh produce in new recipes. It will also make fresh affordable locally grown produce available.

YMCA Detroit Leadership Academy

Our goal is that the produce and educational activities will be resources for students and the community to make healthy choices. Our school is situated in a locale that lacks fresh healthy food and we hope that the students will gain an appreciation and understanding of the garden as a resource for themselves and their families. To further this concept we will support our students by participating in Youth Grown Detroit, a program that brings youth to local farmers markets with their produce.

Yerington Elementary School

Youth 4 Health Bookworms wants to expand to the Yerington Elementary School where the Y4H Instructor will meet with 3 & 4 grade classes and use curriculum to assist the students in beginning the first school garden in Yerington. Supplies include materials needed to support a new garden: individual mini- greenhouses for each student to start from seed and then transfer into the new garden space. Youth will learn about organic gardening sustainable agriculture and donate produce to food shelter

Yates Elementary School

The Yates Elementary Garden is used by 500 students to learn about plants, study life cycles, investigate ecosystem interactions and to grow delicious, healthy food.

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