Grow Education Archives
What’s Growing On? October 2022 News from Grow Education
October 19, 2022
October is Farm to School Month, a great time to celebrate some of the accomplishments this movement has made on both the local and national levels. Locally, Grow Education is continuing to support the expansion of Farm to School on the Southcoast with teachers and staff from Westport Public Schools.
What’s Growing On? August 2022 News from Grow Education
August 24, 2022
Weather and climate were a hot topic during recent Professional Development (PD) workshops that were held at Round the Bend Farm in South Dartmouth. On August 10th, we worked with an amazing group of teachers and administrators from Westport’s Elementary School.
What’s Growing On? July 2022 News from Grow Education
July 19, 2022
As with every school garden, the summer brings less students and more sun! Over the years, local residents have become familiar with the gardens and know that they are welcome to harvest vegetables from the garden as they ripen.
What’s Growing On? June 2022 News from Grow Education
June 29, 2022
June was an abundant month for Grow Education. Students had several opportunities to get into the gardens to participate in a ‘seed-to-fork’ experience. For the majority of our students, this was the first time they had the opportunity to participate fully in the process of growing vegetables.
What’s Growing On? May 2022 News from Grow Education
May 25, 2022
April showers bring May flowers, lettuce, parsley, garlic and kale to the gardens of New Bedford Public School students. In partnership with teachers and students, we have been conducting our Spring Planting Days at 12 elementary schools across the district.
What’s Growing On? April 2022 News from Grow Education
April 26, 2022
Throughout this past month, Grow Education supported a series of events that we called Community Recipe Meetings. The purpose of these events was to gather local parents, guardians and families to share family and cultural recipes that they would like to see on the school menu.
What’s Growing On? March 2022 News from Grow Education
March 23, 2022
We have some exciting news – Grow Education is expanding! We had our first official on-site meeting with the Westport Public Schools. Just as we finished fine tuning our programming, Westport Public Schools reached out with interest in starting a Farm to School project.
What’s Growing On? February 2022 News from Grow Education
February 15, 2022
Since the start of my journey with FoodCorps, one of my biggest goals has been to make an inclusive lesson plan highlighting the importance of Black History Month. There is so much history of black activism, leadership, and innovation in New Bedford; curating an activity that makes students feel heard and seen is important to me.
What’s Growing On? January 2022 News from Grow Education
January 20, 2022
This January, several lessons were taught to students including Grow Education’s “Mindful Bites” that walks students through a mindful eating experience. Also taught were FoodCorps lesson plans such as “Eat the Rainbow” and “Go, Grow, Glow” which emphasize the importance of eating a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for improved health!
SippicanWeekToday.com – 1/14/2022 – Marion Institute receives support through Shaw’s program
January 14, 2022
Marion Institute’s Grow Education Program has been selected as a beneficiary of the Shaw's GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Program for the month of February.
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Adam Davenport
Grow Education Program Manager
adam@marioninstitute.org
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