the edible schoolyard

SLOW FOOD, SLOW SCHOOLS
Transforming Education through a School Lunch Curriculum

The Edible Schoolyard, in collaboration with Martin Luther King Junior Middle School, engages 950 public school students in a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food as a unifying concept, students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce. Experiences in the kitchen and garden foster a better understanding of how the natural world sustains us, and promote the environmental and social well being of our school community. More...