Jones Valley Teaching Farm

Program Type: 
Academic Classrooms, Kitchen Classrooms, Garden Classrooms, Farm Based
Grade Level/Age Group: 
High School, Middle School, Upper Elementary, Lower Elementary, Pre-Kindergarten
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
5,000
Year Founded: 
2007
About the Program: 

Good School Food (GSF) is Jones Valley Teaching Farm’s primary program.  GSF is a food education model that connects Pre K-12 students to food through cross-curricular, standards-based content during the school day.  GSF is unique in its approach to food education in public schools in that we provide schools with state-of-the-art teaching farms and full-time staff, known as GSF Instructors, who work with school faculty to develop dynamic programs and curricula. The outcomes of the GSF model are improved student learning and access to healthy food at the school level.  

Our work is guided by the following principles:

1. Education should be holistic and student centered. Every student’s voice matters.

2. Public schools are community hubs capable of great things.

3. Investing directly in teachers maximizes impact on students.

4. Hands-on, experiential, and project-based education improves content retention and student attitudes towards learning.