Kitchen Classrooms

Napa Valley Montessori

 The Napa Valley Montessori school has just started it's first year of lower elementary education.  We are a small, traditional Montessori school incorporating the garden classroom into specialized science and everyday lessons.  We have also started an afterschool program with garden science, cooking, art and other classes. We hope to create our own Edible School Yard in American Canyon.

Collective Roots

 Collective Roots is a nonprofit organization founded and based in East Palo Alto, CA. We seek to promote food justice by engaging youth and communities in garden-based learning and nutrition education to positively impact health. Collective Roots achieves its mission through the innovative integration and implementation of two key program areas: school based programs and community based programs.

Mountain Mamas

"It takes a mama."

Mountain Mamas is an artisan cooperative of local, like-minded women supporting the highest well being of our families and community.

Mountain Mamas came together to strengthen our skills, knowledge, and resources:

EJ Patten Garden Project

The E.J. Patten Garden Project's goal is to support students in learning about "where our food comes from!"  Our students have a hands on experience from starting our seeds indoors, to nurturing seedlings and finally planting and maintaining our raised bed garden.  The garden is a magical place for our kids to learn about the plant process, interdependence of all living things and the importance of eating healthy organic vegetables for ourselves and our environment.

Greenhouse Gardening

We are growing vegetables and herbs in our recently built greenhouses.  We then prepare and eat them with the Life Skills Teacher to promote healthy eating habits.  This program involves the third - fifth grade students at our school planting the seeds, transplanting them into the greenhouses, and harvesting the mature plants before preparing them in the life skills classroom.

 

Foodweb Education

 Foodweb Education is a gardens-based program that is currently developing a framework that teaches and reinforces fundamental ecological patterns such as energy flow and matter cycles. It aims to provide students with not just a set of behaviours, but tools for conscious adaptation within natural limits and a deep understanding of the processes that sustain life.

Leuzinger High School Culinary Careers Academy

 The Leuzinger High School Culinary Careers Academy provides students with relevant and integrated learning opportunities focused on food, nutrition, fitness, and the hospitality industry.

CCA curriculum is inquiry and project-based; learning occurs primarily in labs, kitchens, and collaborative groups. All CCA courses and activities are dedicated to developing students' academics, career skills and health and wellness for life beyond high school.

Groovy Grrls Collective

Groovy Grrls Collective is a non-profit community gathering space devoted to mentoring, educating, and supporting women.  The collective will open on September first, launching an after-school program, a mentor program, a music practice space, an art gallery, a library, and a common space for community programs, workshops, classes, lectures, and events. 

Slide Ranch

Slide Ranch Mission
The mission of Slide Ranch is to connect children to nature. Slide Ranch teaches visitors the impact our choices have on food, health, and the environment, through hands-on activities and independent exploration of our farm and coastal wild lands.

Every bite of food connects us to the soil, sun, water, and air, and to the people who work to feed us. Slide Ranch teaches respect and responsibility for sustaining these connections.

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