Plant The Seed Project

Our mission at Plant The Seed Project is to provide the resources and skills necessary for youth to participate in the global food system. For the past two years we have worked with elementary students in the Barnum neighborhood of Denver which is a USDA recognized food desert. The two schools we work with are both Title I schools, thus the majority of our students come from low income backgrounds. We believe in empowering youth to faciilitate every step of the food production process. In our Youth Farmstand, the 3rd-5th graders manage sales, marketing and packaging of local produce to community members as part of afterschool programming. We have now built a greenhouse for the school and will be used to facilitate Garden-to-Cafeteria programming. Students have also managed worm bins and Tower Gardens, and used microscopes and magnifying glasses to further learning opportunies. Hands-on learning is key to facilitating sucessful Plant The Seed Project programming.