Kitchen Classrooms

The Association of Copenhagen School Gardens

School gardens have existed in Denmark since 1903, but have lived a quiet life since their heyday in the 1950s. Now the gardens are going through another major resurgence and demand. A great interest in teaching children about nature and the origin of food has put school gardens on the Copenhagen schools’ timetables again.

We OLive the World

"We OLive the World" is a program started by Stile Mediterraneo - the Mediterranean Cooking School in Puglia Italy.

Goal of the program is to improve people's health and wellbeing through the Mediterranean food and education.

Stile Mediterraneo is run by food experts, olive oil experts and doctors.

They have developed this unique program (We Olive the World) through which people learn two things:

We OLive the World

"We OLive the World" is a program started by Stile Mediterraneo - the Mediterranean Cooking School in Puglia Italy.

Goal of the program is to improve people's health and wellbeing through the Mediterranean food and education.

Stile Mediterraneo is run by food experts, olive oil experts and doctors.

They have developed this unique program (We Olive the World) through which people learn two things:

Farm Style Cooking For Kids

Kids learn how to create delicious healthy snacks, salads and desserts with seasonal organic ingredients from local farmers markets. Farm Style Cooking classes celebrate the joy of tasting, touching, smelling and experiencing the foods we make and share with others.

Farm Style Cooking For Kids can be found at the Mar Vista Farmers Market and Beethoven Elementary School.

Garden to Table Trust

The Garden to Table Programme is currently implemented in 309 schools across New Zealand. 

A revolutionary approach to food education

The Orchard School - Outdoor Education

A hallmark of an Orchard education, Outdoor Education is education in, about, and for the out of doors. In an increasingly urban world, nature plays a central part in the education of the whole child. Direct experiences help students gain a deeper understanding of life around them, foster respect and an understanding of the interrelationships within the natural environment, and develop an appreciation of people's interdependence with the natural world.

Home Economics and Sustainability at the University of Chicago Labroratory Schools

The Laboratory Schools are home to the youngest members of the
    University of Chicago's academic community. We ignite and nurture
    an enduring spirit of scholarship, curiosity, creativity, and
    confidence. We value learning experientially, exhibiting
    kindness, and honoring diversity.

Lambert Public School

The goal of our program is to seek student involvement while building toward a much larger goal being a student operated farm where not only produce but livestock would be raised. The immediate goal of this initial project is to use the context of a garden to instill a sense of ownership, responsibility, work ethic and community into all students involved. The planting and harvesting of crops and produce is an added benefit to this program.

Horseshoe Trails Elementary

The goal for the Horseshoe Trails garden is for all students to have an opportunity to experience gardening. For many of our students, this will be their first gardening experience and we hope to ignite a passion for future gardeners. We'd also like to encourage teachers to utilize the garden as a tool for scientific and multi-disciplinary learning. John Muir said, "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he find it attached to the rest of the world." We believe the garden can be used to teach virtually any subject in a hands-on, meaningful way.

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