Kitchen Classrooms

~~Sound eating habits since infancy promote optimal health, growth, intellectual and emotional development.

Healthy eating can prevent short-term medical problems like iron-deficiency anaemia, overweight, poor nourishment, eating disorders, and cavities, among others.

It can also prevent or minimize the possibility of developing long-term pathologies. Today’s main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide are cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, weight excess, and osteoporosis.

Plot To Plate Sustainable Education

Working in partnership with many local organisations

It is our aim to provide every child with their own Square Foot garden to use as an educational resource to learn about pro social sustainable healthy living & provide a free guide to support teachers, playgroups & organisations to deliver these inspiring opportunities & lesson plans.

included in the guide will be

The Sage Garden Project is sponsering me (and others) this year. I work as a Garden Educator for Explore Ecology.

Explore Ecology is an environmental education and arts non-profit located in Santa Barbara, CA. We work with over 30,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically and experience the value of environmental stewardship. Our programs include the Art From Scrap Creative ReUse Store and Gallery, Environmental Education, the Watershed Resource Center, School Gardens and ReUseSB.

Horace Mann Elementary has has had a school garden for over 20 years, growing our curriculum out of our science program.  During this time our gardens have changed location many times but have continued to grow despite disruptions to physical locations. Today we utilize the gardens throughout our curriculum and have increased our focus on wellness and healthy eating. We are currently completing a two year building renovation but have continued gardening in our vegetable and native gardens.