DC Greens : DC puts community voice and action behind the extensive garden and food literacy infrastructure already in place in Washington D.C. (the capital has 94 school gardens and 46 farmers markets). Their goal is to fight for all D.C. residents to have access to fresh food and powerful education tools. DC Greens advocates and acts on many platforms, but their work directly related to children and schools includes: educating and creating a network of teachers prepared to integrate garden, science, and nutrition programs at their schools; holding farm-to-classroom workshops so that teachers can take garden-based learning and food literacy into the classroom directly (even without a garden), helping students set up their own garden-markets to sell produce to the community; supporting and advocating for the DC School’s Environmental Literacy Plan; and finally providing classrooms with kitchen experiences.¹²

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 Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo: Grassroots Gardens has helped create multiple community gardens in urban Buffalo, and continues that initiative with a partnership with Buffalo’s public schools. They help schools build gardens and provide curriculum support as well as educational programs to bring the garden infrastructure to life.¹³

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Collective Roots : Collective Roots builds and supports school gardens in the Bay Area of California through the efforts of students, school administrators, teachers, community members, and community organizations. They consider school gardens “urban oases” and connect gardening to school curriculum standards such as math and science, all while fostering character building and student community.¹⁴

 

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 APS Growing Gardens Team: Growing Gardens surveys, advocates for, and supports gardens in Albequerque’s public schools. They even created a handbook for the school system to use in conjunction with the gardens.¹⁵

 

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L.A. Sprouts: LA Sprouts is a school-based garden education program that focuses on the nutrition of Latino youth ages 8-11in Los Angeles. They partner with L.A. schools to offer 12-week after school garden-based learning. Forty-five minute classes teach gardening, cooking, and nutrition.¹⁶

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City Green: Though City Green, like many of the other grassroots organizations, has many urban gardening components including community gardening initatives, their School Grounds program partners with urban schools in Northern New Jersey to create school gardens and environmental clubs. Their goals are to “enhance the educational and academic process of participants” while improving observation and thinking skills.¹⁷

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The Cooking Room: The Cooking Room promotes food literacy to students in kindergarden through fifth grade in New York City’s PS 3. Chef and Food-Activist parents and volunteers provide a 16-course curriculum, tied to Common Core standards, on food, nutrition, and cooking.¹⁸

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BerkeleyGCAlliance: Berkeley GC Alliance is an organization of parents trying to save the Garden and Cooking Program in Berkeley Public Schools. The 12-year old program lost $1.9 million in federal funding in 2013, and now Berkeley parents and the Berkeley community are banding together to raise money through events, partnerships, and even a gala. Although BerkeleyGCAlliance has just a Twitter and Facebook page, BerkeleySide, an independent newspaper, has been providing coverage on the organization’s efforts.¹⁹