Gardens That Teach Food Day Challenge
Winner Announced on February 11, 2013!
Congratulations to Lee Burneson Middle School
for winning the Gardens That Teach Challenge!
We are excited to offer K-8th grade public schools an opportunity to enter a citywide (Cuyahoga County) contest, GARDENS THAT TEACH, where a school building will ultimately win a Hoop House valued at $2246.00 (i.e., this covers the manufacturing and installation costs), courtesy of Tunnel Vision Hoops. A Hoop House is a sensational way to extend the growing season with fresh, locally grown healthy foods that may be used to supplement a school’s cafeteria. A Hoop House provides a higher temperature environment that protects crops from strong winds, cold and frost, allowing fruits and vegetables to grow at times considered off-season.
A school garden is a real world, living laboratory that offers teachers an interdisciplinary way to embed creativity, communication and collaboration into their curriculum—21st Century teaching and learning goals. Students and community members learn how nature works and the countless ways systems interact with each other through the structures and practices of food, health & community.
The City of Cleveland, as part of Sustainable Cleveland 2019, has joined a nationwide event on October 24th called FOOD DAY. Food Day (www.foodday.org) is a way to celebrate healthy, affordable, and sustainably produced food. The Mayor of Cleveland officially proclaimed October 24th as Food Day with an overriding goal that schools, community organizations, businesses and individuals will seek better ways to “eat real” and promote safer, healthier, local diets.
Linda Alexander, N.E. Ohio Food Day Coordinator/CES Advisory Board
Carlton Jackson, Partner, Tunnel Vision Hoops, LLC.
Jenita McGowan, N.E. Ohio Food Day Coordinator, Chief of Sustainability, The City of Cleveland
In the news:
Fresh Water Cleveland article: http://tinyurl.com/avm7vbt
Edible Cleveland, Winter 2013: "Edible Notable" page 6 Features Gardens That Teach Challenge
Congratulations to Lee Burneson Middle School
for winning the Gardens That Teach Challenge!
We are excited to offer K-8th grade public schools an opportunity to enter a citywide (Cuyahoga County) contest, GARDENS THAT TEACH, where a school building will ultimately win a Hoop House valued at $2246.00 (i.e., this covers the manufacturing and installation costs), courtesy of Tunnel Vision Hoops. A Hoop House is a sensational way to extend the growing season with fresh, locally grown healthy foods that may be used to supplement a school’s cafeteria. A Hoop House provides a higher temperature environment that protects crops from strong winds, cold and frost, allowing fruits and vegetables to grow at times considered off-season.
A school garden is a real world, living laboratory that offers teachers an interdisciplinary way to embed creativity, communication and collaboration into their curriculum—21st Century teaching and learning goals. Students and community members learn how nature works and the countless ways systems interact with each other through the structures and practices of food, health & community.
The City of Cleveland, as part of Sustainable Cleveland 2019, has joined a nationwide event on October 24th called FOOD DAY. Food Day (www.foodday.org) is a way to celebrate healthy, affordable, and sustainably produced food. The Mayor of Cleveland officially proclaimed October 24th as Food Day with an overriding goal that schools, community organizations, businesses and individuals will seek better ways to “eat real” and promote safer, healthier, local diets.
Linda Alexander, N.E. Ohio Food Day Coordinator/CES Advisory Board
Carlton Jackson, Partner, Tunnel Vision Hoops, LLC.
Jenita McGowan, N.E. Ohio Food Day Coordinator, Chief of Sustainability, The City of Cleveland
In the news:
Fresh Water Cleveland article: http://tinyurl.com/avm7vbt
Edible Cleveland, Winter 2013: "Edible Notable" page 6 Features Gardens That Teach Challenge
