Fresh from the Farm Update

[Shari Brown]

Good Morning FFF Educators,

Happy Spring!

In this update:

1. Sow & Grow Garden Curriculum Unveiled

2. Fresh from the Farm Spring Training: May 2014

3. Funding: Kellogg Grant

4. Funding: State Farm

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1. Sow & Grow: SGA has released its new curriculum, specifically meant to teach students in the garden.

Sow and Grow uses the local environment as a focal point for learning. Place-based education creates a meaningful and culturally relevant framework for learning. By connecting Common Core concept areas and units of study in their classrooms to gardens and local communities, students have a real-world context for learning. Place-based education opportunities are plentiful in the Sow and Grow curriculum.

Whether wishing to start a school or community garden or seeking to better utilize an existing garden space as part of a classroom, this curriculum provides a range of information and activities to help at every stage of garden education.

For more information on how to get Sow & Grow, please email sh...@sevengenerationsahead.org

2. Fresh from the Farm is hosting another round of training in Chicago, IL:

• Thursday, May 22: Curriculum Night
• Wednesday, May 28: Gardening at Waters

Stay tuned for more details!

3. W.K. Kellogg Grant Opportunity: 

These grants support children, families, and communities by increasing the number of children born at a healthy birth weight and who receive the care and healthy food they need for optimal development. 

4. State Farm® Youth Advisory Board (YAB) service-learning grant applications are available now until May 2.  The grants range from $25,000 - $100,000 and are designed to create sustainable change in local communities across the United States.  Public K-12, charter, higher education institutions, and non-profit organizations are eligible if they are able to demonstrate how they plan to impact student achievement within the public K-12 curriculum.  All applicants must have a youth contact and adult administrator, as the programs must be youth-driven and youth-led.

Each grant request must fall under one of these issue areas, chosen by the board itself:

• Community Safety
• Environmental Responsibility
• Financial Literacy
• Access to Higher Education
• Health and Wellness
• Arts and Culture
  

As of August 2013, seven years after the initial launch of the YAB, the board has awarded more than $28.6 million in grants to organizations in the U.S. and Canada and impacted approximately 16.1 million lives.

 

Find out more at www.sfyab.com! You can also check us out on Facebook, Twitter, andYouTube! 

 

Have a nice weekend!

Shari

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Shari Brown

Seven Generations Ahead

Program Associate

Office: 708.660.9912

Cell: 608.358.5357

Seven Generations Ahead |  Founded in 2001, Seven Generations Ahead’s mission is to promote the development of ecologically sustainable and healthy communities.   SGA works with local government, community and private sector leaders to help communities make the changes they need to create a healthy and sustainable future.  Through community-wide sustainability planning and implementation, educational conferences and consulting, and school-based zero waste and farm to school programming and consulting, SGA is a catalyst for local community solutions to global environmental issues.