Village Charter School

Our goal is to provide a fun and engaging outdoor space for students to learn about gardening, sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and cooking, through hands-on activities. The garden is used as a learning laboratory, where we use every opportunity we have to help students understand where their food comes from and why it is so important for us to protect our environment and our bodies by choosing healthy foods. This grant will allow us to expand upon our current curriculum of garden education by creating a formal nutrition and cooking component. Students will benefit from monthly cooking and nutrition classes with a wonderful teacher who knows how to make these topics fun and accessible. Students leave the garden having tried something new and nutritious and bring that excitement, and the recipe, home to share with their families.