The National Farm to School Network and Annie’s Root 4 Kids are thrilled to announce the winners of our first National Farm to School Month Poster Contest.
Tag Archives: school gardens
Help your school win a Farm to School program or garden!
May 20, 2011 – 10:17 pm
The winners of our first schools contest chose a Farm to School program and have had a blast with it this spring! Check out their video for inspiration, and hurry to rally sign ups
Contest winner Camas Ridge Community School DIGS its new Farm to School program!
March 16, 2011 – 10:06 pm
Last month, we announced Camas Ridge Community School in Eugene, Ore. as the winner in our Root 4 Kids schools contest. Camas Ridge generated more sign-ups than over 800 other schools throughout the nation competing to win their very own Farm to School program!
Intermediate South, Beachwood, NJ
March 7, 2011 – 11:52 pm
I work in a Special Needs class at the Intermediate South. We are trying to get a garden going in our courtyard. Our children run a coffee shop, make soups, and salads for the staff of the school. Last year we raised enough money to buy a shed to store our supplies for our future [...]
Noah’s Ark, Trenton, NJ
March 7, 2011 – 11:49 pm
We are a small Abbott school in New Jersey we only have 4 classes in the city of Trenton. Our children are at high risk for many things. They are at risk of obesity, not graduating from high school, gangs, smoking, teen pregnancy and incarceration. We had a garden last year due to a program [...]
Final Weeks of School Competition!
January 14, 2011 – 10:58 pm
We’re watching all the entries pour in for our school competition! We’ll to award the top prize in our Root 4 Kids contest at the end of this month. As you may know, the school with the most sign ups by January 31, 2011 will win a new garden, Farm to School program or gardening supplies. There’s a close match for first place, with fewer than 10 sign-ups separating our top two schools! Read on to see who’s in the lead.
North Powder School, North Powder, OR
January 14, 2011 – 9:38 pm
Our school started a garden last year. The 4rth grade class took charge of planting green beans, carrots , lettuce and much more. We had a hard time identifying some of the crops, dealing with donated seeds. I think we harvested rutabagas, and the kids enjoyed tasting them and being able to identify them. We [...]
Village School, Eugene, OR
December 15, 2010 – 10:47 pm
In my son’s 3rd grade class they have visited two organic farms this year and are studying not only about the planting of different foods, but also where our food is coming from. They have about 4 or 5 raised beds outside of their classroom, and they have weeded them, put some “to bed” for [...]
River Homelink, Camas, WA
December 15, 2010 – 10:38 pm
Our school has a k-12 gardening program that helps families learn about square foot gardening, composting and worm bins. Even children as young as 5 can have their own garden and plant what they want. Nothing encourages children to try new things like growing it themselves!
GRuB, Olympia, WA
December 15, 2010 – 10:37 pm
GRuB (Garden-Raised Bounty) is a non-profit organization dedicated to nourishing community by empowering people and growing good food. Our work is guided by our core values: caring youth/adult partnerships, strong communities, sustainable land stewardship, education, and good food for all people. We run a summer and after-school employment program for low-income high school students on [...]
