Dual Immersion Academy

In Fall 2009, Dual Immersion Academy (DIA) broke ground on its first edible schoolyard garden. The DIA community rallied together to build garden beds and fill them with soil and seedlings. We are close to reaching our original goal: to provide a rich educational experience of growing and eating whole foods.

Money from this grant will help DIA realize the final part of our dream by bringing a salad bar into the cafeteria, as well as funding a modest stipend for a Garden Coordinator. It will be an organic 3-season salad bar where students are actively involved in the growing and harvesting of food. We know that for some children, the only food they eat each day is at school.

Additionally, this grant will help purchase educational supplies that will continue to allow us to link the garden to science, math, and nutrition curricula. As children frequent their garden classroom, they develop an important, deep and lasting connection to the magic of the earth and real whole foods.

This program is supported by .