School Garden News

Food knowledge grows from in-school garden
An in-school garden club has brought together junior high students to learn about growing and preparing food in Edmonton.
 

Learning Gardens at CPS Schools Plant Seeds for Healthy Food Choices
On this fall day, 12-year-old Najee Lee and his classmates are harvesting their garden. His new favorite vegetable? Radishes.("Because it's healthy," he says.)
 

Tulane University study finds value in school-garden programs
Evaluation of Edible Schoolyard New Orleans (ESYNOLA), coordinated by the Tulane Prevention Research Center (PRC), sought to evaluate how the whole school community - students, families, teachers and neighbors - can participate in the growing, harvesting and sharing of food as a means of improving community health.