Interlochen Elementary School

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2012
About the Program: 

This grant will enable students and teachers to share food in meaningful ways that build relationships and emotional connections using garden harvested or farm-fresh local food. It will also providing increased opportunities for educators and volunteers to model healthy behaviors and to provide enhanced nutrition education in the classroom and lunchroom. Utilizing the garden more as an educational space would open up many opportunities to positively engage with the students and school community