Garden Classrooms

Tule Elk Park Early Education School

Tule Elk Project provides a vegetable garden and a garden educator to the school to establish healthy food habits from the earliest age possible in a low-income community. Our objective is to expose children to healthy living and good eating habits who otherwise may not have the means to grow food or afford natural foods. We aim to combat obesity and the "disconnect" urban children have from the natural world by teaching them where real food comes from and share the joy of watching it grow!

Tryon Elementary School

This grant money will help to strengthen the current gardening program a great deal. It will enhance the experience for the students involved and greatly expand educational opportunities related to the garden both for the students enrolled in the gardening program and the school at large.The beds are in desparate need of repair and the soil quality is poor. We hope to also reach volunteers and parents strengthening the school community and the sustainability of the school garden program.

Truro Central

Our goal expands the biochar project by adding 5 beds and composting.Students will have the opportunity to do hands-on science to see how plants grow when you add biochar to the soil and its role in helping to slow global warming.The school would benefit from the creation of a sustainable outdoor laboratory.The project would lead to exposure of the benefits of biochar within the community and the benefits of adopting biochar strategies Cape-wide as a sustainable way to enhance soil fertility.

Trimble Local School District (TLS)

13. These grants will make it possible for the youth and residents in the Trimble and Nelsonville communities learn self-sufficiency skills concerning their food supplies. Specifically re-skilling primary and secondary grade students will empower our youth to become a long term solution to the hunger and health issues plaguing our region create familial and community food security and _green

Triangle Elementary School

We are a Title I school with 82 percent of our students on free-or-reduced lunch. For many of our students the meals they eat at school are their most nutritious of the day. Our goal for the garden is very simple - feed our children nutritious food. As they tend the garden we hope our students will learn the value of growing their own food the nutritional value of the food and of course the end result: that it tastes good and is good for you.

Torah Day School of Atlanta

It has become clear that edible gardening can empower and inspire students to understand appreciate and value their environment. Our mission is clear- to educate and motivate our students our families and the surrounding community to develop lifelong habits of healthful eating and environmental responsibility. The grant will enable us to purchase more supplies and continue this educational project allowing us to include more of the greater community in our endeavor.

Tokeneke School

Our goal is to promote learning by integrating classroom education with hands-on experience. Food and garden based activities will be interwoven with grade level curriculum. Students teachers and families will be growing harvesting preparing and sharing the food as a community. Receiving a grant from Whole Foods Kids foundation will ensure we can build and maintain our garden to reach our goals.

Timber Trace Elementary

The grant will expand our existing small classroom garden to provide fresh vegetables for students to enjoy in the cafeteria. The garden will also be used as an outdoor learning center. It is an interactive way to integrate the science of agriculture and nutritional education into the elementary curriculum while promoting healthy diet choices. Our students will work with the community members to establish partnerships and build future leaders.

Tillamook Junior High

Our goal is to strengthen our community through increased self-reliance and volunteer engagement by involving teachers students their families and community in garden food production nutrition education and food system educational activities. We will enhance and maintain two school gardens increasing production and access to local food. Infrastructure and systems will be upgraded and created. We will acquire necessary tools and supplies to increase and sustain community engagement.

Tierrasanta Elementary School

The goal of the proposed project is to expand the number and types of gardens at TES to allow all students an opportunity to participate in and learn from a variety of activities centered on the gardens. Hands-on experiences are a powerful tool for teaching as well as reinforcing fundamental principles taught in the classroom every day. The lessons learned by nurturing a garden and enjoying the fruit of their labor will be carried beyond the school yard and into the homes of each student.

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