from the garden

Archive for May, 2007

Students’ Salad at School Lunch!

Students at Excelsior Middle School and Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in San Francisco enjoyed delicious, fresh, organic salads at school lunch this week! The salad above, grown completely in the EMS garden, shows the variety of veggies that went into these salads. Students added 6 kinds of lettuce, carrots, beets, fava leaves, fennel, [...]

May 24, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

First Ever Summer Program!

We are very excited to announce . . . for the first time ever: Urban Sprouts and the Garden for the Environment invite middle school youth ages 11-13 to join our Summer Program! When and Where? Program Dates: June 25th through July 7th. Every weekday from 9am to 1pm (lunch included), with our Final Day [...]

May 14, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

What’s Cookin?

Garden crops are ready to harvest! We’ve got greens, lettuces, strawberries, onions, broccoli, and fava beans galore! Have a taste in the garden before the gophers get it all! A few weeks ago, 6th graders at Martin Luther King Jr., Middle School made a delicious stir fry with Urban Sprouts’ educator Herman Yee. Special thanks [...]

May 8, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment