from the garden

Archive for October, 2007

Urban Sprouts feeds journalist Michael Pollan at Turning the Tables!

photo: students at Excelsior Middle School harvest kale Turning the Tables is series of events at Fort Mason that brings key environmental, farming, health, and policy-making figures to the table to discuss critical food and environmental issues. These “working dinners” feature guest speakers, interactive discussions, and cuisine from the area’s top chefs. The premier event [...]

October 30, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Partying in the garden!

On October 20th and 27th, we held our fall garden parties at the MLK Middle School and Excelsior Middle School gardens! Both were loads of fun – students, teachers, and volunteers worked on garden projects such as planting, weeding, building bean teepees, and sheet mulching. We ended the parties by harvesting veggies and cooking lunch [...]

October 30, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

JJSE’s Digital Food Map

Students in the Food Class at June Jordan created this digital map using Google maps. Each student mapped the four places they go most often for food – including grocery stores, corner stores, farmers’ markets, fast food joints, and more. (Note: this map represents the places we CHOOSE to eat, not all the available food [...]

October 26, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  7 Comments

Meet the Greens Interview!

Meet the Greens is a website with animated webisodes about two green kids (literally, plus they’re environmentalists) who are trying to protect the planet. This week, the Greens (Izz and Dex) interviewed me and Walter, an Urban Sprouts 8th grader from Excelsior Middle School. Check us out! Here Izz and Dex interview Walter and me, [...]

October 18, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Join Us and Cultivate Healthy Schools!

Dear Friends, What do you think is the most urgent issue we face today? Global warming, youth obesity, national security, unemployment, urban violence . . . a few that come to mind. Did you know that school gardens can make a real difference in all these areas? It’s well known today one in four children [...]

October 15, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed