Kitchen Classrooms

Our school is very remote and a 40 minute drive to a grocery store and even farther for larger shopping choices. Our school has a population of 61 students and 80% of our student body are First Nations Peoples. Living in such a remote area meant less healthy choices for students and community members so it came about that the students wanted to grow food for the lunch program but also for community members as well.

Project La Antonia Orchard Scholastic

Objectives

1. Knowing the importance of vegetables for health.

2. Developing the habit to consume vegetables.

3. Harvesting the vegetables.

Classes are developed concerning:

• Plant description
• Crops
• Plagues and consequences
• Nutritive value
• Medical properties
• Conservation and culinary use

We have studied the following vegetables: spinach, carrot, onion, basil, lettuce, parsley, etc.

Other activities:

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is a hunger-relief organization serving seven counties in and around the Triangle area of North Carolina.  Our state has one the highest percentages in the United States of children under 18 years of age who are food insecure on a regular basis -  1 in 4.  In our seven counties alone, over 275,000 people are food insecure.  Our mission is to pioneer innovative, transformative solutions designed to end hunger in our community.

Green School Antigua features an incredible permaculture garden. This garden serves a variety of functions on campus. It provides teachers with a unique teaching environment, children with a safe space to experience growing their own food and the cafeteria with fresh organic produce year-round.