Garden Harvest's Education Programs

Children's Program

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Children's Education Program

Starting in Y2000 by two committed volunteers, Earl Millet and Liz Alex, Garden Harvest's Education Program gives workshops during the months of February and March to groups of kids in elementary schools, middle schools, and after school programs. 

After a formal education session, tailored to the attention span of the specific group, the kids engage in the project of planting vegetable seeds that will become plants producing food for the needy.  The kids then nurture their plantings through germination and the first six - eight weeks of growth until they are ready to be planted out in the field at Garden Harvest.

Some of the groups are able to make field trips to the farm both to plant the seedlings they have raised, and then again in September to harvest the fruits of their labor, then box, and pack them onto the truck for delivery to one the area's soup kitchens, emergency food pantries, or shelters. This way they experience the full cycle of food production and reap the reward of seeing what a tangible contribution their little bit of effort has made!