Monarch Learning Academy

An edible garden grant will allow our students to access nutritious produce during snack time, investigate where their food comes from, taste nutritious recipes, and pay it forward to two "adopted" low income families and our local food bank. The school garden will serve as an outdoor classroom where teachers apply lessons alongside the planning, planting, cultivation, and harvesting processes. We plan to use our edible garden to teach others how they too can grow their own vegetables and herbs through a blog. On this blog we will post what we are growing each season, healthy recipes our students prepare, and how others can get involved. Our students will learn about service when they regularly donate portions of the produce to two adopted low income families and our local food bank.