Published by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
Subject:
Children and Urban Agriculture
- School Gardens
- This is where we list new links to school garden resources. "The food garden increases their sense of wonder. It's pretty magical, but at the same time, it demystifies the concept of food production."
- Growing Chefs (video)
- Some Vancouver chefs
have decided to share their love of food - and growing it from scratch
with some eager young apprentices at local elementary schools. "...our
four classes, Grades 1-4, managed to grow their own lettuces, beans,
peas, beet greens, and in one case, radishes! Guided by our chefs, the
students learned to prepare a Green Bean Stirfry and a Chilled Snap Pea
and Mint Soup. Not bad for six to nine year olds!"
Posted November 28, 2007
School children project - If you're planning a play or an event that requires toddler's or a children's costumes, City Farmer recommend Pure Costumes. Voted best family friendly site online.
- Turning the Earth: A Month-by-month Guide to Your School
Garden
- "We have created a series of activities that can be used in any order. Flexibility is key, taking advantage of weather and serendipitous opportunities to use the garden. We hope that teachers will take children in to the garden regularly to draw, to sit and listen, to enjoy a story read in the open air, to write poetry, to be outdoors in a quiet and peaceful space that is their own, as well as following specific lessons that reach the objectives of the science curriculum." Posted September 18, 2007
- Seed To Seed: Food Gardens in Schools
- The 90 page, A4 shaped book is available free as a downloadable coloured pdf, and as a black and white book for $20 post paid within Australia from Seed Savers. "The book is for teachers and parents on gardens that are biodiverse, organic and water-wise with low inputs and the full plant cycle from seed to seed. Chapters include the reasons for gardens in schools, planning, planting and maintaining, how to harvest and eat the garden and how to save seeds." Posted August 16, 2007
- The Garden is the Best Classroom
- "Merri Schwartz, pastry chef at C Restaurant, spent this past spring piloting her Growing Chefs program at Champlain Heights Elementary in East Vancouver. The program matches volunteer chefs with classrooms of Grade 1, 2, or 3 students. Over the course of three and a half months, chefs visit the classroom, helping kids plant and then harvest an indoor vegetable garden." Posted November 2, 2006
- Setting up and Running a School Garden - A Manual for Teachers,
Parents and Communities (FAO Publication)
- "In preparing this manual, intended to assist school teachers, parents and the wider community, FAO has drawn upon experiences and best practices derived from school garden initiatives all over the world. Classroom lessons are linked with practical learning in the garden about nature and the environment, food production and marketing, food processing and preparation, and making healthy food choices." (in English, Spanish and French) Posted June 8, 2006
- School Children Are Setting Up Gardens To Feed The Poor And To
Give Fresh Produce To Food Banks
- "Farmers,
backyard gardeners and groups across the county have begun planting
seeds and tilling land in a unified effort to keep the Thurston County
Food Bank's shelves stocked. Farm land that would normally lie fallow
and surplus vegetables that would otherwise go to waste have found a new
purpose." Posted May 10, 2006
- Upper Canada
College Prep School Gets Back to the Garden
- "Upper Canada College is a day and boarding school for 1400 boys
from kindergarten to grade 12. Founded in 1829 and situated on a 43-acre
campus in the heart of Toronto, it is the oldest independent school in
Ontario. The learning garden is just one project - certainly the most
joy-giving one to date - in UCC's Green School for the 21st Century
initiative."
Posted March 5, 2006 - School Children Gardening - Photos 1914-1918:
Slideshow
- "These wonderful photos are in the
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington. They
remind us that earlier generations were as excited as we are today about
the potential of teaching kids about food gardening." Posted November 7, 2005
- FAO Supports School Gardens: Education and Nutrition go
Together - support by farmers and parents is essential
- "Since 1997, over 150 school garden
microprojects have been supported by FAO's TeleFood programme in more
than 40 countries. Larger FAO technical cooperation projects are under
way, including capacity-building for long-term national school garden
programmes. " Posted August 5, 2005
- Development of City
Farms by Street Children: Mumbai, India
- "A
project to improve the socio-economic condition of destitute children
through integrated environmental management: The pilot project would be
conducted in a city school to create a farm within its premises with the
involvement of street children. The street children would be given
technical training to implement the technique. The farm produce,
preferably flowers, fruits or vegetables, would be sold in the retail
market through the school." Updated July
20, 2005
- An
Exploration of School Gardening and Its Relationship to Holistic
Education
- "My paper includes an integration of diverse disciplines, past personal experiences, and an exploration of school gardening as a potential vehicle for holistic education. It explores the commonalties between the disciplines of urban agriculture, ethnobotany, horticulture and human culture, landscape architecture, environmental education and holistic education. " Posted May 23, 2004
- Growing Sites:
The Use of Gardening and Farming in Youth Development
Projects
- "Throughout North America, there is a growing movement of
community-based youth farm and garden projects. Young people are
participating in the transformation of their communities, as well as
themselves by growing and distributing healthy, organic vegetables."
(35,000 word thesis) Posted November 28,
2001
- Sustainability from the children's perspective - A journey
through the landscape of German children's city farms
- "In a survey among city farms and farm like projects in six
European countries, I found that projects with just 1 hectare (2,5
acres) size host as many as 60.000 visitors a year. The numbers of
visitors tend to increase up to a size of 2 hectares (with 200.000
vistors a year)." Oliver Ginsberg Posted September
18, 2000
- Adventure playgrounds and city farms in Europe and what they
contribute to sustainable urban development.
- A comparative survey on adventure playgrounds and city farms in 6
European countries (Denmark, UK, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland &
Germany) in English and German. Posted September
18, 2000
- Involving Children In
Children's Gardens - Farm In The City
- "The mission of Farm in the City was to educate children about the
environment, food, creativity, and the importance of diversity, in our
communities and in the natural world." (6,000 words) Posted January 27, 1999
- Rediscovering the Animation Playground
- Landscape Architect, Oliver Ginsberg in Berlin, Germany wrote this
research paper on the contribution of adventure playgrounds and city
farms to sustainable development in Europe. Posted
January 25, 1999
- The Grandview
U'uqinak'uuh Community Schoolyard
- Includes: the
community garden, the bosque, the outdoor classroom, the feature
landmark, the school garden, the butterfly garden, the hummingbird
garden, the Mound, the dissipation pond, and the ethnobotanical
garden. Posted January 26, 2000
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