Winchester School

Our goal is to utilize our existing garden plot and greenfouse to grow more food. We would do this by utilizing grant funds to better cultivate our garden space; do secondary plantings once an initial planting has been harvested; manage our school compost area to provide compost for the garden and for the community; and use our greenhouse fall, winter and spring. Producing more food would mean that more students could sample items grown here by themselves or their schoolmates. Managing the garden through the summer would give students and community members an opportunity to support the school by keeping the garden watered and weeded. Late summer is also the time when fall crops can be planted. We would need to have summer support organized in order to plant these crops in time for the students to harvest after school starts.

Students are more likely to try food that they have grown themselves, and to try things offered by their peers. It is a great way to expand their horizons!

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