Avondale Meadows Academy

Beginning August of 2014, students at Avondale Meadows Academy took our 3-year-old school garden to the next level by creating a vegetable business called the School to Farm Initiative. From production and planting seeds to tracking sales and expenses, each class plays its part in a system which brings fresh, healthy food to the immediate community. Students gain not only agriculture experience, but also entrepreneurial and managerial experience as well.

Through the help of various community partners, our humble 3 raised bed garden has turned into twenty-six 4’x10’ raised beds, 30 native fruit trees, and a new 100’x75’ raised, rock-wall garden bed. Because of the poor soil around the school, the entire garden is raised and soil must be hauled in.

This grant from the Whole Kids Foundation will allow us to pay for the soil, seeds, tools, and season extension materials to put our new 7500 square foot garden into production.