Fugees Academy

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
100
Year Founded: 
2013
About the Program: 

We have two primary goals: the first is to create and maintain a healthy, sustainable garden in which all (56) students in our academy of sixth through ninth-grade students will have the experience of producing food from the soil, and to use our produce in school lunches. We cultivate six five-by-ten-foot raised beds, as well as herbs in containers. Because we are located in central Georgia, we are able to produce vegetables all year. We serve most of our produce in the school cafeteria and donate 5% to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Our second goal is to connect our garden with the cultures of the students