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Schoolyard Gardens

Schoolyard gardens are a great way to teach kids about nutrition and science. Plus, teaching kids how to grow their own food can inspire them to start their own home gardens thereby increasing the health of their whole family.

Parkway Partners has developed gardens at these schools:

  • Audubon Charter School
  • Andrew Wilson Charter
  • Benjamin Franklin High
  • The International School of Louisiana
  • KIPP Central City Academy
  • KIPP McDonogh 15 School for Creative Arts
  • Langston Hughes Charter
  • Lusher Charter High School
  • NOCCA Institute
  • Sophie B. Wright Learning Academy

To start a garden at your school, please contact Parkway Partners.

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Edible Schoolyard

The Edible Schoolyard encompasses garden and kitchen classroom settings and provides a hands-on environment for students in which to apply skills learned in traditional math, science, and humanities classes. Its mission is to involve students in all aspects of farming the garden and preparing, serving, and eating food as a means of awakening their senses and encouraging awareness and appreciation of the transformative values of nourishment, community, and stewardship of the land.edibleschoolyard.org

The first Edible Schoolyard was founded in 1995 in a vacant lot at the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, in Berkeley. It started as the brainchild of Alice Waters, owner of the renowned restaurant Chez Panisse, located just a few blocks from the school. Since its founding, ESY has been the primary project supported by the Chez Panisse Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded by Waters to celebrate the 25th birthday of Chez Panisse. The Foundation continues to play an important role in the operations of ESY. The Foundation and ESY are funded primarily through grants and donations.wikipedia
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Edible Schoolyard @ New Orleans

After Katrina, Waters was looking for a way to help New Orleans, and Recasner jumped at the chance to bring the second “Edible Schoolyard” to Samuel J. Green Charter School. The New Orleans campus planted a garden in 2006, with support from the Chez Panisse Foundation, among others. Today, the school’s sideyard is full of tomatoes, strawberries and herbs. There is an outdoor classroom and an old girls’ locker room was converted into an indoor kitchen.la times

Nearly all of the students are African American, and the principal believes that the Edible Schoolyard idea, while modest, is much needed in the black community, where poor eating habits often result in obesity, diabetes, hypertension and tooth decay. Hopefully, students will pass along new, good habits to their parents.la times

The edible school program has expanded to other schools in the New Orleans area and now includes:

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