Garden Classrooms

Convivia La Habana-Germinal

Slow Food Cuba joins projects linked to the production and consumption of food related to human health and environment preservation. These groups are linked to several Cuban institutions that lead the processes of sustainable feeding. They linked different fields such as education, health, production, storage and consumption of food, agroecology, permaculture, renewable energy and food culture. We have worked in an integrated way. We also have collaborated with the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Turin and other university projects.

Warren County High School Garden

Our school garden program is centered around our students learning sustainable agriculture, raising young people’s interest in farming and growing real food, and also learning to prepare this real food in healthy ways. To this end, we are integrating gardens into class curriculum, starting a small School Supported Agriculture with a group of 20 interested 9th graders, as well as continuing our afterschool Garden Club. We use season extension techniques, organic planting methods, and use food waste from a local restaurant to contribute to our composting system.

Feast Down East

Feast Down East is a non-profit organization, grant-funded through UNC Wilmington. Its goal is to build a strong vibrant local food system. Feast Down East helps small scale limited-resource farmers build and sustain their farms and connect them with local markets, such as schools, universities, restaurants, institutions and direct-to-consumers. Feast Down East aims to educate consumers and students on the importance of supporting local agriculture and increasing the consumption of fresh local foods.

Monroe's Garden

Monroe Elementary 5th grade teachers have joined forces to make gardening a mission at the school. The 5th grade students care for the garden during spring and fall and receive help during the summer months.

 

Edible classroom plants indoors

River Woods Elementary teachers have a different kind of class pet: an edible class plant. Using grow light systems, they have grown tomatoes, basil, lettuce, mint, and peas. Kids are allowed to pick a snack directly from the vine and enjoy the daily surprises and/or bounty that the plants offer.

Herbs and MicroGreens Indoor GrowCart for Culinary Arts Program

The students who attend the Central Campus Culinary Arts program are practicing food resilience and getting engaged in growing their own fresh herbs and micro greens. These are used in recipes for daily meals, competitions, and featured on the menu at their own cafe open to the public.

For reservations and dates open, please email centralcampuscafe@gmail.com

Uplift Community School Garden

 Uplift Community School is in its innaugural year as Gallup's Expeditional Learning School. Second and Third grade have teamed with a FoodCorps service member to establish a garden that will grow and flourish with the school. We have built and painted 8 raised garden beds. We envision expanding until our garden is an integral part of our school culture. In the future we hope to be growing enough food to provide for the school cafeteria!

Stonehurst Elementary

 Stonehurst has a wonderful growing garden filled with vegtables, flowers and plants. 

Norwich Public Schools

 Norwich Public Schools is a service site with the national program FoodCorps.

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