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Foodscaping With Kids in the Edible School Yard Movement

Posted by Chris Sabbarese on Fri, Jun, 26, 2015 @ 13:06 PM

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The #Bullockgarden Project at the Dorothy L. Bullock School in Glassboro, NJ is a celebrated effort to teach food gardening to school kids, and Emergent Professional Brie Arthur and Landscape Expert, Celebrity TV Host and Speaker, Ahmed Hassan are at the forefront of publicity for this edible school yard.

Elementary School Teacher Sonya Harris started a fundraising campaign after getting approval from her school board. The community came together to support the project through cash donations, supplies and labor. Sonya reached out to Ahmed to do a "schoolyard crash," and he assembled a team from around the U.S. 

Join the Emergent Pro this week to chat about the value of food gardening with kids, and the Edible School Yard Movement, on #Plantchat!

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Join @CoronaTools and #Plantchat co-partner, Brienne Gluvna Arthur @EmergentPro, along with their guest, Ahmed Hassan @ahmadandahmed for this week's topic, #BullockGarden Project and #Foodscaping with kids.  The live chat begins Monday, June 29, 2015 at 11 a.m. PST / 2 p.m. EST, were we come together with green industry experts and fellow horticultural tweeps each week to discuss all things related to plants and horticulture, since 2011.

Discussion Overview 

Goals of Edible School Yard Movement for Children:

It's All About Science - Engage students in science curriculum through gardening

Outdoor Classroom - This hands-on, learning-by-doing classroom seats 25 (pictured above)

Harvest Home - Food harvested from the #BullockGarden provides food for the school cafeteria, in addition to yummy garden tastings with the school community every Friday

Edible Education - Contact your school board and work with the Cooperative Extension Service and Master Gardeners to start up some edible education in your community 

Join the Conversation

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Don’t miss out on this exciting topic and join the conversation via Twitter. Just sign into #plantchat with your Twitter ID and you can follow the conversation and share with the community. Be sure to add the hashtag to all your tweets or join us in the plantchat room on Tweetchat.  They will automatically add it for you and it's easy to watch the conversation as it happens!

If you do miss the live event, you can still access the Storify recap, accessible 24/7 that will be posted following the live chat. The transcript includes all the information and links shared during the discussion. 

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photo credit Brienne Gluvna Arthur 

Topics: Corona Tools, #Plantchat, Emergent Professionals, #BullockGarden Project, #Foodscape

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