Salt Marsh Soldiers
Program Type:
Academic Classrooms, Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group:
Middle School
Number of Individuals Program Serves:
2,000
Year Founded:
2011
About the Program:
The Salt Marsh Soldiers are an environmental group who have raised beds filled with organic dirt and organic veggies. Our produce is eaten by students and donated to Second Harvest. We work in partnership with many local experts such as Betty Ann Lewis with Sapelo Farms, James Holland our former Altamaha Riverkeeper, and Jeannie Lewis of Department of Natural Resources to name a few. Along with growing veggies, herbs, and flowers, the Salt Marsh Soldiers work hard cleaning up trash that washes up into our estuaries, and take time to enjoy nature by going boating on the Altamaha River and taking picture of native flora and fauna.