Food sustainability is about a behavior change!
National Farm to School Month started off well for Woodward North in Johns Creek with a reworking of the school garden with edible plants. With the support of the school management and teachers, WN initiated the student-led community garden with an innovative approach to managing small gardens with available resources.
The idea of a school garden is to provide healthy, nutritious meals to children and lead them as change agents for the future. Knowing how to grow your food is a life skill, and with changing climate patterns, we need more leaders to address the challenges of growing food. WN has embarked on this journey to bring sustainability to the Johns Creek campus with food and resource sustainability models during this farm-to-school month.
Along with this project, the school also has a recycling program and plans to build a curriculum focusing on goals of sustainable development. Climate science is a process to create mitigation actions for the challenges that the world is facing. We need many more scientists, professionals, and climate warriors to address these challenges. WN has started this journey with the support of parents and children.
There was so much excitement amongst the kids from kindergarten to 6th grade to engage in various activities throughout October 21-25th as the school celebrated farm-to-school week. At this point, the school would like to thank the sponsors and parents who supported from planning to execution of the project. A special mention of the support from Soil3 and Seeds for the People organization for soil and seeds for this project.
The school likes to grow this initiative and nurture young minds to bring more innovation with their outdoor community garden activities. “I don’t like spinach and why do you want to grow that?” said one of the kindergartners. After they sowed the seeds, he was curious to know when the spinach would grow so he could eat the meal that would be prepared by the school kitchen. That is the impact when they know what is served to them during every meal. There are plans also to collaborate with other community groups and student organizations to bring new projects for sustainability on the campus.
URBAN FARMING
Celebrated National Farm to School Month with Woodward North
Food sustainability is about a behavior change! National Farm to School Month started off well for Woodward North in Johns Creek with a reworking of
November 6, 2024
