āItās impossible to teach Walden and talk about Thoreau observing nature in a cinderblock classroom without windows,ā says high school English teacher Jennifer Tianen. This belief is what inspired Jennifer to bring her students outside and to start a literary garden...
āGardening covers a lot of bases when it comes to student needsā says Kris Johnson, āAcademic needs, social needs, emotional needs. Itās not just āok weāre going to learn about plants,ā itās not just nuts and boltsāthe physical environment of the garden can make kids...
Program Spotlights: The Caring Center āI can recall being in preschool and having an experience that had a big impression on meāit made me want to become a chef,ā says Erica Lewis, Food Service Manager at the Caring Center in Philadelphia, PA. āWhen I was 4 years old...
Program Spotlights: Project Climate Club āIāve always been a garden kid,ā says Alexi Lindeman, a senior at Heritage High School in Brentwood, CA, and coordinator of a 2020 Carton 2 Garden project that received an Honorable Mention. āMy dadās an entomology teacher so...
Abenaki Food and Heritage Earlier this year The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation partnered with a number of Vermont-based food systems-focused organizations to start the Abenaki Land Link Project. In its pilot year, the program provided indigenous seeds to...