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Raising Sustainable Natives

Summer FEFPA Conference

Implementing a “Garden to Table” concept in our schools

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Agenda

1 INTRODUCTIONS

2 GRANT PROGRAM

3 WHY A FOOD GARDEN?

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BUILD YOUR FOOD GARDEN

Q & A

Introductions

AIA, LEED AP BD+C, GGP2017 Professional Development Grant Recipient

Lindsey PerezITERS and ECERS; Conscious DisciplineTrinity Child Development Center – Executive Director

Trinity Child Development Center - Director of Education, Early Childhood Center

Patty Moser Colby HowardTrinity CDC and K-8 School-Chef and Food Service Manager

Rich Poole

Grant Program

Who We AreDLR Group is a global integrated design firm.

Our promise: to elevate the human experience through design. This inspires a culture of design and fuels the work we do around the world.

Our service model: listen.DESIGN.deliver

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Nationally recognized in:K-12 Educational Design

16 PDGs Awarded since 2014$5,000 seed money and 80 hours volunteer time

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Professional Development Grant (PDG) Program

Inspiration Passion

Personal BenefitsPeer Benefits

Of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese1/3

42%

39%

3.4

Of children consume less than 1 vegetable serving daily

Of children consume less than 1 fruit serving daily

Hours/yr : Typical Nutrition Education elementary children receive

By the NumbersImpact of non-sustainable natives

Improvement in nutritional attitudes 76%

69%

85%

73%

Increase in sense of community spirit

Saw improvement in environmental attitudes

Students, who work in the school garden, reported increasing their actual consumption of produce

By the NumbersImpact of sustainable natives

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Raising Sustainable NativesFacts about the Trinity Downtown School

Early Education - 8th

Grade campus

Urban, downtown

site

400+/-students

Plan how to sustain the

garden

Growing for local

seasons

School is open year-

round

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Dollars and HoursWhat will it take?

Request: $5,000▪ Planting Supplies: $3,200

(boxes, tools, etc)

▪ Planting Material: $1,000 (soils, seeds, etc).

▪ Toolkit: $800

DollarsRequest: 80 hours▪ Planning Meetings: 20 hrs

▪ Implementation: 40 hrs

▪ Toolkit Development/Garden Follow-up: 20 hrs

HoursVolunteerism:▪ Curriculum Integration

▪ Presentations to School Community

▪ Follow-up to ensure the garden continues beyond grant time period.

Extra Time

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Timeline25 Weeks: PDG Kickoff to Toolkit Delivery

PDG Award01.2017

Planning Meetings with School

Planning Approval with School03.06.2017

Weekly Friday Campus Planting Visits03.17.17

First Harvest40 days

Start Toolkit06.01.2017

Toolkit Development 30 days

Toolkit Ready07.01.2017

05.15.2017

Plan for Second Harvest06.01.2017

First Meal

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DeliverablesHow will the Grant Outcomes be shared?

Knowledge Sharing: ▪Updates on Intranet▪Formal Presentation to

Peers▪Toolkit Development

Internal: DLR Group

Community Sharing: ▪Presentations to School

Community▪Develop Press Releases

with School▪Share Toolkit with Parent

Community

External: Community

Collaboration with Valencia College:▪The Film Department from a local

college would be interested in filming the process.

Collaboration with HiEd Client

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Why a Food Garden?

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Inspiration + Sustainability

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Sustainability + WELL(ness)

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WELL (ness) + Schools

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Nourishment in our SchoolsTrinity’s Perspective

Increase in

▪ Exists in urban, suburban and rural areas

▪ Effects both males and females▪ Effects all racial and ethnic groups▪ Effects all educational levels▪ Effects all socioeconomic statuses

Childhood Obesity Knows No Bounds

Childhood Obesity

▪ Limited recess time = less physical activity▪ Fewer sidewalks in communities▪ More screen time▪ Increase in technology or hand-held devices▪ Families’ perception of safety

Burning Less Calories

Society’s Impact

▪ Higher calorie foods▪ Larger portions▪ Soda and sweetened beverage consumption▪ More meals away from home▪ Advertising▪ Changes in the food industry

Fast Food

on Health

First Steps:Trinity Downtown School’s Reasons for Sustainable Natives

▪ Removed all desserts from the menu

▪ Remove all fruit juices

▪ Remove chocolate milk

▪ Removed all televisions from the classroom

▪ Reduced the use of computers

▪ Smart boards used mostly for active learning, research, projects

Menu Changes:Incorporating First Steps into the Daily Food Program Menu

▪ Added more high quality carbs to snack menus (less crackers)

▪ More fresh and frozen less canned

▪ Whole wheat breads, grains, and pastas

▪ No fried foods or fast frozen fried foods (fish sticks, chicken nuggets)

▪ No chips

Nemours Video

http://youtu.be/zgXa1-wi61g

Why a Food Garden?Trinity Downtown School’s Reasons for Sustainable Natives

▪ Children spend up to 50 hours per week in school

▪ Education today = caring for the whole child

▪ Made a commitment to improve the foods we served

▪ Provide at least 1 hour a day of outside play

▪ Provide limited or no screen time

▪ Parents’ time is limited

▪ Create a true partnership

▪ Affordable Food Program as part of Tuition

Next Steps:Garden to Table at Trinity Lutheran School

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Build Your Food Garden

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Build Your Food GardenUnderstanding the 9 Steps to a School Food Garden

1. Find Passionate Partners

2. Research Local Food & Health Regulations

3. Understand Your Garden Climate Zone

Planning

4. Establish Vision & Goals

5. Design Your Food Garden

6. Build Day and Plant Seeds

Design

7. Curriculum Integration

8. Integrate the Garden into the Food Stream

9. Sustain the Garden with Parent Involvement

Implementation

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1. Passionate PartnersA Passionate Community

makes all the difference▪ Grant kick-started efforts but Health &

Wellness Passion was present

▪ Great community partner for Vision Implementation = Fleet Farming

▪ Garden Champions ▪ Garden maintenance▪ Education Implementation ▪ Food Sharing▪ Parent Support Building

▪ Valencia College documenting our Story▪ Parent Involvement is key

4 Current Fleet Farming Branches▪ Orlando, FL

▪ Jacksonville, FL

▪ Uganda, Africa

▪ Oakland California

Urban Farming

Fleet Farming is a community-based, urban farming program.

Mission: to increase the production of locally grown produce in order to reduce the environmental impacts of modern food systems.

• Bike powered urban farming model

• Transforms underutilized residential lawns into productive farms that are maintained and harvested by the non-profit organization to be sold at local vendors and farmers markets.

• Resident’s within the community of a Fleet Farming branch can register to donate a portion of their land to the organization and in return receive 10% of the plot’s production.

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2. Research Local Food & Health Regulations

• Local Food and Health Regulations for Floridawww.floridahealth.gov

• School Food and Nutrition Services

• Food Safe Gardening Practices https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/foodsafety_schoolgardens.pdf

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• Florida includes zones 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b and 11a

3. Understanding Your Garden Climate Zone

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4. Establish Vision and Goals• Spend time dreaming of your

ideal garden and how it will serve your community

• Visioning is always an important process to take prior to starting any new project.

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Trinity Downtown School• Prominent Location• South side of K-8 Building• Fenced-in area

5. Design Your Food Garden

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• 1 SF Garden Space per Occupant• Access to flat ground, sunlight, and water

Trinity Downtown School Garden208 SF of Garden Beds:▪6 – 4x8 Vegetable Beds

▪1 – 4x4 Herb Bed

▪2 –Compost Bids

▪Master plan:▪Add 7 vegetable and 4 herb beds to

meet WELL Building Standard

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6. Build Day and Plant Seeds

• Pre-Build: • Designate a Volunteer Champion to

lead volunteers on Build Day• Develop Companion Planting Layout

• Day 1: Prep the ground & build the garden beds

• Day 2: Involve Students• Fill the beds with composite soil• Install drip irrigation • Plant the seeds

Cucumbers

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• Garden Project Challenge

• Art and Spanish Garden Labels

• Study different types of gardens• Butterfly• Flower• Food

• Vegetable Paintings

• Health Benefits Research

• Diagrams with parts of a flower

7. Curriculum Integration

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Florida State Education Standards• Language and Communication: Listening, Speaking,

Reading and Writing

• Social and Emotional Development: Positive Relationships

• Approaches to Learning: Curiosity

• Physical Development: Fine Motor and Gross Motor Skills

• Cognitive Development and General Knowledge: Math, Science, Social Studies and The Arts

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Garden Celebration

• Blessing of the Garden

• Tasting station with salad mix

• Season Pops: used kale from our garden

• Questions for the experts

• Fellowship: reading stories, singing songs, talking and hanging out with other classrooms

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• Edible Education (edibleedu.com): Cooking demonstration videos, kid friendly recipes

• ChooseMyPlate.gov: USDA website

• Gardening for Grades and Gardening for Nutrition

• Creative Curriculum Teaching Guides: Gardening Study and Tree Study

Teaching Tools

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Lesson Planning• Brainstorming at Age Group Meetings

• Implement the garden year round

• Switch which standards are being met with the garden weekly

• Schedule a rotation for each class to have a turn tending to their box

• Garden buddies

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• Compassion Corner

• Farmer’s markets

• Educating families

• Sending food home with kids

Helping our Community

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8. Integrate Garden into the Food Stream

• Host a Garden Celebration • Tastings• Fresh Popsicles• Ask the Expert

• Demonstration classes

• Supplement the produce served with produce from the garden

• Use Herbs for entrees

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Raising Sustainable NativesTrinity’s Food Garden

Integrated into

Education

Located close to

kitchen and classrooms

800+/-lunches and snacks daily

Meal planning for salads, soups, etc.

Minimal timerequired to

start

Harvested from garden for 6 weeks

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Of produce bill reduced during the First Harvest: $614.81 saved. The money saved could add two more vegetable beds.

4,030

73%

Salads served from the garden. 258 snacks served from cucumbers and bok choy grown in the garden.

Students and staff became aware of the difference in fresh and canned/frozen.

By the NumbersImpact of food garden at Trinity in 6 weeks post 1st Harvest

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Dollars and HoursWhat it took

Spent: $4,920▪ Beds/Planting Material:

$3,921.70▪ 2-years of Soil/Seed

Replacement: $750.00

▪ Garden Popsicles: $248.30

Dollars

Spent: 80 hours▪ Planning Meetings: 10 hrs▪ Implementation: 24 hrs▪ Website: 46 hrs

▪ Gather content▪ Determine Brand▪ Develop Website▪ Test Website▪ Launch Website

Hours

Volunteerism:▪ Curriculum Integration▪ Garden Celebration▪ Meet with Parents &

Parent-Teacher League▪ Pulling of Weeds▪ Soil/Seed Replacement for

2 years▪ Video

Extra Time

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9. Sustain the Garden with Parent Involvement

Questions?

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For More Information Visitwww.raisingsustainablekids.com