California Bill for School Gardens

[John Fisher]

Greetings School Garden Fans,

Yesterday SB341, the California Instructional School Garden Program legislation, made it through a first step, a hearing by the CA Senate Education Committee. School Garden Leaders from Pasadena Unified and Soil Born Farms - representing Sac City Schools, shared support of CA initiating a planning phase to fund school gardens. 

There are many more steps to go, but it is exciting to see the CA Instructional School Garden Program (that has various iterations starting in the late 90's), on its way to being revitalized. 

• Learn more about SB341 - CA Instructional School Garden Program
  
  
• Join me and school garden supporters from across CA on April 9th for an Advocacy Day in Sacramento where we will speak with legislators. Youth and students are invited too!
  
  
• Fund this campaign! The CA School Garden Coalition is in need of funds to keep our campaign manager completing the long list of legislative support tasks.

What other instructional tool can you measure, record, graph, sing about, write about, and hypothesize in?

What other educational space rots and reproduces at the same time,  is a place that you can break a sweat in, is highly nutritious — delicious — packed with phyto-nutrients, and is solar powered?

What instructional material can withstand the elements, is full of thousands of living creatures, follows the seasons, is not always predictable, can be connected to every culture in the world, AND has been shown to strengthen your local community!? - JOHN

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John Fisher - Director of Programs & Partnerships - 831.471.7831  
Life Lab cultivates children's love of learning, nourishing food, and nature through garden-based education. 
A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with locations in Santa Cruz, CA