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Creating 10,000 good, clean and fair food gardens in African schools and communities means not only raising awareness among young generations about the importance of food biodiversity and access to healthy, fresh food, but also training a network of leaders aware of the value of their land and th

 As an Americorps VISTA working through the Cooperative Extension, I am working with teachers and the superintendants throughout the Globe-Miami region in Arizona to start school gardens from scratch.

Groovy Grrls Collective is a non-profit community gathering space devoted to mentoring, educating, and supporting women.  The collective will open on September first, launching an after-school program, a mentor program, a music practice space, an art gallery, a library, and a common space for com

 Foodweb Education is a gardens-based program that is currently developing a framework that teaches and reinforces fundamental ecological patterns such as energy flow and matter cycles.

We are growing vegetables and herbs in our recently built greenhouses.  We then prepare and eat them with the Life Skills Teacher to promote healthy eating habits.

What if doctors could prescribe seeds?

That is the basic premise of what Gardens for Health International is doing in Rwanda, and what we someday hope to do throughout East Africa. 

My school in Connecticut consists of prekindergarten through fifth grade students. The prekindergarten is geared for working with children who have special needs. Our K through five classes include the integration of students with autism, special needs and language differences.

Our gardening program began as part of an Outdoor Classroom. We continue to grow and look for methods of involving our students in hands on learning to undergird making healthy food choices.

 Shorewood High School Culinary Arts