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3 amazing organizations teaching gardening in schools.

CitySprouts
The CitySprouts mission is to develop, implement and maintain beautiful, resource-rich
school gardens in collaboration with public school communities. Integrated into the
curriculum, CitySprouts gardens inspire teachers, students, and families with a deep,
hands-on connection to the food cycle, sustainable agriculture, and the natural environment.

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Kids Gardening
We use gardening as a vehicle for encouraging children to make good food choices, augmenting
classroom studies with experiential learning, building a love of nature, stimulating social
interaction, facilitating cultural exchange, and more. Click here to view data from 2009
that quantifies the benefits of school and youth gardens
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Edible Schoolyard
The Edible Schoolyard (ESY), a program of the Chez Panisse Foundation, is a one-acre organic
garden and kitchen classroom for urban public school students at Martin Luther King, Jr.
Middle School in Berkeley, California. At ESY, students participate in all aspects of
growing, harvesting, and preparing nutritious, seasonal produce.
Classroom teachers and Edible Schoolyard educators integrate food systems concepts into the
core curriculum. Students’ hands-on experience in the kitchen and garden fosters a deeper
appreciation of how the natural world sustains us and promotes the environmental and social
well-being of our school community.
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