Digging In – Youth Garden Education
One of many youth gardening projects you and Bread for the Journey have funded through the years.
Cody Reed and Kari O’ Reilly brought agriculture education to our local elementary schools and community gardens through the Digging in program. Digging In is an agroecology education program that uses experiential learning to teach elementary students about garden education, local agriculture, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles. It addresses the environmental issues of agricultural sustainability through experiential learning and addresses career development by familiarizing students with careers related to agriculture. Students gain an increased understanding of agriculture’s relationship to the environment and practice food production skills while learning about the interconnected nature of agriculture, ecology, and society.
In 2012 Cody and Kari approached BFJ Feather River about a grant because they were struggling to fund Digging In. Because BFJ Feather River was able to provide some funding, over 400 elementary students from two elementary schools in Quincy and Greenville received hand-on garden education, nutrition, and health lifestyles lessons. On top of that, Cody and Kari worked with over fifteen teachers to link California standards based curriculum with the experiential garden lessons. We often hear things like kids eat more vegetables if they grow them. When the students at Quincy Elementary school were served lettuce that they grew from the Alder Street Garden in their school lunch, they ate double the amount of lettuce than they normally eat. Great work, Cody and Kari!
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In 2012 Cody and Kari approached BFJ Feather River about a grant because they were struggling to fund Digging In. Because BFJ Feather River was able to provide some funding, over 400 elementary students from two elementary schools in Quincy and Greenville received hand-on garden education, nutrition, and health lifestyles lessons. On top of that, Cody and Kari worked with over fifteen teachers to link California standards based curriculum with the experiential garden lessons. We often hear things like kids eat more vegetables if they grow them. When the students at Quincy Elementary school were served lettuce that they grew from the Alder Street Garden in their school lunch, they ate double the amount of lettuce than they normally eat. Great work, Cody and Kari!
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