The Problem
Our elementary school wants to show children how the food they eat is grown. This year, we received a Farm to School Grant that is intended to teach our students how local foods are grown and about the people who grow them. This grant provides guidance and education, but no funding for an actual garden. We are hosting four different taste tests to introduce new fruits and vegetables that are grown in our community to our students. We have started with our first taste test, and plan to show how food is grown by showing the life cycle of plants in a garden space. We have a small garden bed for a 2nd-grade class but would like to expand the garden space bed so that each grade level can plant a bed of flowers or vegetables. We want to add five more garden beds to our space, including good soil, plastic or webbing to keep the cold and deer out, and tools to help care for the plants. Small plants and seeds will also be needed to start growing our school garden.
