School gardens can empower children to be champions of change.
Empowering Communities: The Cities without Hunger Model
Cities without Hunger is transforming unused urban spaces into vibrant gardens that feed families, create jobs, and inspire students.
Feeding Kids an Understanding of Why Food Matters
These 26 organizations around the world are working tirelessly to teach kids about nutrition, gardening, and cooking.
NYC Unveils First Ever Roadmap to Revolutionize Food Education in Public Schools
The roadmap outlines goals and strategies to improve healthy eating habits among K-12 students in New York City’s public schools.
What Happens When Alice Waters Jumps On Your Zoom Call to Talk School Food Procurement
The decisions schools make around food procurement shapes how they literally and metaphorically nourish the next generation.
Inspired Curriculum Garners Accolades with Positive Ground-Up Impact on Health & Wellness
The Green Bronx Machine Classroom Curriculum is expanding, reaching 15,000 more students and equipping schools with training, tower gardens, cooking supplies, and more.
29 Organizations Promoting Food Literacy in Schools
Meet 29 organizations bringing food literacy to the classrooms and communities across the United States and Canada.
New on the Podcast: Food and Nutrition Educators Find New Ways to Meet Students’ Needs
On this week’s episode of “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” hear about the teachers and educational organizations working to ensure that students stay fed and engaged.
Building School Gardens Across Argentina—Lessons from Huerta Niño Foundation
From maintaining the community’s motivation to financing projects, Huerta Niño Foundation shares lessons from building school gardens across Argentina for more than 20 years.
16 School Garden Initiatives Revitalizing Lunches in the Cafeteria
The benefits of school gardens range from higher fruit and vegetable consumption to improved academic performance — and in the cafeterias, students can eat what they grow for lunch.
Free, Sustainable School Lunch for All, a Pledge from Alice Waters
Alice Waters is advocating for a ‘‘free, sustainable school lunch for all students.’ Despite advances in school food, there remains a stigma around school lunch. Waters believes this can change through better food education and stronger procurement policies.
Kimbal Musk Wants to Bring #RealFood to 100,000 Schools Across America
Kimbal Musk has announced that his nonprofit is going national, being renamed Big Green, and expanding into its seventh city, Detroit, to build 100 outdoor Learning Garden classrooms across the Motor City.
School Gardens Provide More than Lunch to Disadvantaged Communities
The Kitchen Community’s school learning gardens are rooted in hands-on teaching, sustainable school food, and applicable life skills. These oases are outdoor classrooms for communities with limited resources and a lack of green spaces.
