School Cafeterias

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. 

Create Common Good

 Create Common Good uses food to change lives and build healthy communities. Our vision is a healthy community where people have access to empowerment, employment, self-sufficiency and access to healthy food. We use access to healthy food to positively change people's lives by harnessing the community's resources to build lasting systems that provide employment and self-sufficiency. Our training programs all prepare at-risk, underserved populations to find, perform, and retain work with the ultimate goal of self-sufficiency in our community.

Pacific Elementary School Life Lab and Food Lab

 Pacific Elementary School's Life Lab Garden and Food Lab Program serve pre-schoolers through sixth grade.

Our school garden is ran by teacher, teacher's aides, and parent/community volunteers. We grow produce and flowers for use in the Food Lab Program. 

Our Food Lab Program prepares school lunch everyday of the year with help of 5th-6th grade students. Food Lab students plan and prepare our school lunch. It is a truly unique program.

Yellville Summit School Garden

Kick started with the Delta Garden Study program, this school garden program is expanding beyond Middle School to encompass the entire Pre-K - 12 campus to provide educational opportunities, fresh produce for the school cafeteria, and additional programming.

Waterford School District Edible Schoolyard

In support of the USDA Farm to School Planning Grant, Waterford School District has established an Edible Schoolyard in the courtyard of their Crary Campus. Featuring 17 raised beds and a Michigan-native flower bed, the crops are harvested by community students to offer an additional source of local produce to the building's kitchen in support of the Oakland County Free Summer Food Program.

Weston Public Schools

 Weston Public Schools (WPS) Food Service Department is committed to providing nourishing food to help fuel our students for excellence. We seek to provide the best quality food that supports good environment practices and the local economy. Local sourcing was the first priority in our farm to school program. For local produce we work with ORFoodEx, a distribution company that carries exclusively local food. As a costal state, we also procure fresh local seafood from Red’s Best.

Old Trail School - Edible Education

Old Trail School is a nationally recognized Green Ribbon School and a Summit of Sustainability Award recipient, occupying 62 acres that are surrounded by the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This unique location affords students and faculty the opportunity to observe and interact with the inspiring setting and vibrant community programs. Currently, Old Trail School has more than 530 students representing five counties and 46 zip codes in Northeast Ohio. Sustainability at Old Trail School emphasizes experiential learning, community service and leadership development.

West Education Center

Our program manages seventy-five 8'x4' raised cedar beds, 6 cold frames, 3 tower gardens, and 2 aquaponics systems. We have financed our program with grants from Lowe's, Target, and Whole Foods. The students are sustainably growing Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Cucumbers, Canteloupe, Watermelon, Summer Squash, Potatoes, Herbs, Carrots, Spring Mix, Spinach, Broccoli, Kohlrabi, Cabbage, Onions, Radishes, Asparagus, Cauliflower, Kale, Collards, Chard, and Celery.

South Education Center Schoolyard Garden (Richfield, Minnesota)

 SEC organic garden was initiated by Terry Guthrie with the support of The City of Bloomington's SHIP (Statewide Health Improvement Program) in 2009.  The garden supports curriculum engagment, cafeteria integration, community outreach and building-wide participation.  SEC Organic Garden is the flagship garden and serves as a model for future endeavors in Intermediate District 287.

Island Grown Schools

 Island Grown Schools is Martha's Vineyard Farm to School Program.  We work with almost every schoolage child on the island, from 2-18 years old, at all seven K-12 schools and at six island pre-schools.  We have installed and support gardens at all 13 of our partner schools, work with cafeteria staff to bring locally sourced meat and produce to school meals at every school, collaborate with classroom teachers to lead farm, gaden, and nutrition-based curriculum-tied lessons, and lead field trips to island family farms.  

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