Touch the Soil News #1992 (photo – Growing Tomato Plants – (Jolly Janner – Public Domain) CBS News of New York brings the story of schools in New York City that are bringing urban farming curriculums, with physical labs, to sixty schools. New York Sun Works, the non-profit responsible for building out the urban farming…
Category: School Garden Initiatives
Grow Food at Schools – What Mega-Cities Are Having to Do
Touch the Soil News #1965 (Photo – City Skyline, Mumbai – CCA SA 4.0 International, Maheshcm76) The City of Mumbai (Bombay) India is one of those mega-cities with 12.5 million people that are part of larger metropolitan area of 21 million people. So, in a world of rising food prices, supply chain kinks and global…
Food Gardening and Education
Touch the Soil News #1845 (Feature Photo – School Garden – CC SA 4.0) Commercial Appeal news brings us the story of another successful school that incorporates food gardening into its curriculum. In addition, the produce helps support local food security. You can read the full story here. https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2022/12/24/new-hopes-urban-farm-helps-provide-produce-for-the-community/69689832007/
FoodCorps – Connecting Children to Healthy Food in School
Positive Future #787 (Feature photo – School Garden for Teaching – CCA SA 4.0 International, Michael Barera) Foodtank brings us the story of FoodCorps. FoodCorps, a non-profit, is a national service program that educates students about healthy food. Now the FoodCorps is helping students learn about growing food at home. You can read the full…
The Vision of School Gardens
Touch the Soil News #1512 (Feature photo – A School Garden – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Michael Barera) Spectrum news brings us the story of School Food Gardens in Lawndale, California. Like so many other stories we have carried, it is the non-profit sector that is making the biggest difference in food education…
Canada’s Largest School District Starts Organic Farming Curriculum
Touch the Soil News #1452 (Feature photo – Toronto District School Board – By PFHLai – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42029131) Canadian CBC News brings us the story of the Toronto District School Board and their collaboration with non-profit Food Share to create an organic farm for students to learn and experience food production.…
School Garden Initiatives
Touch the Soil News #1432 (Feature photo – Caring for Food Plants – Public Domain) FoodTank news portal brings us an interesting list of school garden initiatives and school cafeterias. With 16 initiatives to choose and learn from around the world, local food advocates and learn how to change their communities and educational experiences. You…