Micheltorena Street Elementary School

Our organic garden was built in November 2010, and is equal parts interdisciplinary school environment and community project. The goal of the garden is to teach students and the community about environmental sustainability, urban cooperative living, food justice and healthy lifestyles by simultaneously serving as an experiential, cooperative outdoor classroom during schooltime, and a gathering place for the neighborhood on evenings and weekends. The garden abuts a busy urban boulevard (Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles), and contains raised beds, fruit tree orchards, a chicken coop, solar panels, drip irrigation, and composting systems. Your grant will will pay for repairs and upkeep, class instruction for school and community, and give parent volunteers a small stipend for their work. We also plan to build a cob oven in the garden for community use in 2013. Our garden has already started great work, and your grant will help us continue our impact!

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