Kitchen Classrooms

The Place 2 Be After Three Edible After School Garden

 The Place 2 Be After Three is an After School Enrichment Program hosted by The City of Fairfield, Ca, for students who attend Grange Middle School. We offer a variety of enrichment programs and activities from Homework, Arts, Cooking, Sports, to Science, Food & Nutrition. Our Garden Plots are located at the Suisun Community Garden, and On-site at Grange Middle School.

NOSH Nourishing Our Student's Health

NOSH teaches children how to have healthy bodies. This program is a hands-on cooking and nutrition class for young people. Children will experience the pleasures of preparing and enjoying "real food" that is both nutritious and delicious - an essential step toward health and well-being. Through cooking, games, stories and films kids learn how to eat well in addition to becoming expert label detectives. Come see what's cooking!

 

Soil America

Soil America is a non profit based out of The Redland in Homestead, Florida.

We serve and offer our resources to Greater Miami & the Florida Keys. (Miami-Dade / Broward + Monroe County)

We stand for clear communication between growers and the public.

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Raising awareness in communities about clean food is important, not just for our health, but also for the agricultural integrity our soil deserves.

Federal Hocking Middle School Garden

 Our school garden program started as a tool for math and science instruction combined.  Currently it is made from 4 beds that are 10X60 feet each.  Much of the food that we produce is used in the school cafeteria.  The next phase of the garden is to cover the beds with greenhouses to be able to use them over the winter.

City Blossoms

City Blossoms is a non-profit organization working out of the Washington D.C. area dedicated to kid-driven, community engaging, creative green spaces. City Blossoms began nine years ago as a volunteer project and has since evolved into a year-round program that includes consulting, curriculum development (with consideration for learning standards), and regular on-site workshops. To date, City Blossoms has worked with over 3000 children and youth in various gardening projects.

The Springs Seedlings

 The Seedlings Project is a garden classroom that was created following the model of The Edible Schoolyard, a garden established by Alice Waters, Owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California. With land allocated by the Springs School District, the center of the project is a greenhouse for teaching, learning, and growing. Project MOST, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, and experienced community organization dedicated to high quality after school programs for children, has taken the lead to establish this project and has made it shine.

Santo Domingo Edible School Garden

The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health is implementing an innovative and holistic nutrition-focused initiative to promote access to nutritious foods and healthy development for American Indian youth, families, and communities.

Boulder Elementary School

 At Boulder Elementary School 72% of the students in Kindergarten through 6th grade qualify for free or reduced lunches (2011 OPI data). Also according to a recent article in USA Today, today's youth are spending on the average 53+ hours a week in front of electronics of some sort. Obesity rates relate to this sedentary trend, shown in statistics from 2007 Montana had 25.6% of youth that were overweight or obese.

La Plazita Gardens

Garden Education, Entrepreneurship, Local Food Producation, Senior Projects, Service Learning.

Mala‘ai School Garden at Waimea Middle School

Mala`ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School cultivates the relationship between students and the land through growing and sharing nourishing food in our outdoor living classroom. Our work reaches beyond the boundaries of our garden connecting land stewardship, culture, health and pleasure with lifelong learning.

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