Is it possible to write a hatchet job about something as innocent as school gardens? Apparently so. I would not have believed it, but there it is in the otherwise esteemed Atlantic magazine, a venomous screed that would have you believe that gardening constitutes a sinister scheme to take over our nation’s schools; that schools are turning […]
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“Healthy Schools” legislation introduced this week in the D.C. Council would, for the first time, establish a school gardens program within the Office of the State Superintenent of Education as part of a sweeping package of food and environmental initiatives. And while the bill ( read previous posts here, here and here) does not mandate gardens […]
Much has been written about Michelle Obama and her White House vegetable garden. But not so much has been heard from all the kids at our own Bancroft Elementary School who’ve done so much to help with the garden. Sarah Bernardi, the art teacher at Bancroft who helps maintain the school’s edible gardens, has a great […]
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