Kitchen Classrooms

Corvallis Environmental Center: Edible Corvallis Initiative

Our Farm to School programs makes connections between our food system and our school system. We work directly with school districts to procure and promote locally grown foods. Our program is working to increase the use of local foods, encourage our children to make healthy eating choices, and support regional farmers.

Bright Futures Academy Charter School

Our garden is presently growing an extensive array of vegetables and fruit and has been sustainable since 2010.  We are teaching our students how to grow healthy food and how to cook healthy food so that they can lead a healthy lifestyle with an  emphasis on disease prevention,resulting from our fast food culture.  Lessons on awareness to the importance of biodiversity in our food supply and the sustainability of our soil and water supplies is another way we hope to educate our kids.

Avalon School

Our goals are to create a space for students to engage in hands on learning to create a program led by and sustained by students and to create a program that engages our students in the larger community. The grant will help our school become more environmentally responsible and create an innovative learning space that will help students who have trouble learning in a traditional school environment thrive. It will also help our student leaders learn leadership skills.

ESYNOLA, Arthur Ashe Charter School

At Arthur Ashe Charter School students eat their lunch while gazing out a picture frame of gorgeous, native and exotic shade plants, showcasing the school's kitchen herb and flower garden.

St.Mary's Nutrition Center/ Lots to Gardens

 As one of the newest health services offered by St. Mary's Health System, the Nutrition Center works to improve the nutritional status of all Maine residents. The Center strives to be a community resource and works towards promoting overall community wellness and providing all people with access to nutritious food, the opportunity to learn and implement healthy and safe eating practices, the support to make lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of nutrition related diseases and the ability to promote personal food security through growing one’s own food.

FoodCorps at Healthy Communities of the Capital Area

 Thousands of young Americans have dedicated themselves to reforming the food chain, from field to table, and of all the programs that have emerged to channel that energy and idealism, FoodCorps is the most inspiring. - Michael Pollan, Author

Dig In!

The garden was established the spring of 2012 my consumer science teacher, Ms. Friest. Goodrell Middle School helps students connect with their inner chef and gardener. Throughout the year students participate in a after school program entitled Dig In! . The program connects the garden to fork concept with students growing, cooking and eating Goodrell grown produce. Goodrell Middle School was also a site for National Farm to School Month, where students tried out locally grown sweet potato fries.

South Warren Elementary School Garden

 Our school garden is brand new this spring, 2013! Our garden coordinator is a first grade teacher, and she is working with Farm Bureau and our county's FoodCorps Service Member to develop the space and involve different classes and grade levels. Soon, our first graders will fill our new raised beds alongside 4th and 5th graders at our school. We can't wait to get started!

North Carolina Cooperative Extension of Warren County

 North Carolina Cooperative Extension partners with communities to deliver education and technology that enrich the lives, land and economy of North Carolinians.

Our FoodCorps Service Member, Horticulture Agent, 4-H Agent, and Extended Food and Nutrition Education Progammer (EFNEP), all work to provide nutrition education to children through school gardens. Our team has used gardens for programming at South Warren Elementary School, Mariam Boyd Elementary School, and Warren County High School. 

Mariam Boyd Elementary School Garden

 Students benefit from our school garden in the classroom and after school. First and fourth grade students use the garden through every stage to grow plants and use the produce for classroom cooking. Our fifth graders also tend the garden every other week with Culinary Club. This after school club exposes students to where food comes from, how to grow their own food, and how to prepare complex dishes.

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