James F. Doughty School

We plan to plant a raised bed garden on the school grounds at the James F. Doughty Middle School in Bangor, Maine. The goal of the garden is to supplement student learning as well as contribute to students' health and wellness. The James F. Doughty School serves Grades Middle School in Bangor, an urban service area within a largely rural part of the state of Maine. Sixty-five percent of the students at the James. F. Doughty School are eligible for free and reduced lunch, and many of these students do not exhibit healthy eating habits. We would like our students to understand where their food comes from, to realize that academic learning in several different disciplines can be applied to a practical life skill such as gardening/farming, and to expand their daily food choices to include vegetables and herbs.