Category Archives: PLANTING PROGRESS

Our vision is to create a system where school gardens and local farms to school programs and school lunch reform is common everywhere.

Harvest Mountain Farm Garden’s Junior Master Gardener Program is here!

We just finished finalizing the dates and times for our JMG program this summer! It will be starting Wednesday morning June 6th, 2012. 8:30am-10:30am: 4th-6th Grade 10:30am-12:30pm: 7th & 8th Grade We will accept 15, 4-6th graders and 15, 7 & 8th graders. Those who sign up first … Continue reading →

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Sheet Mulching in School Gardens!

I’m a huge advocate of sheet mulching everywhere from my backyard to school gardens. Lasagna gardening, or sheet mulching, is the act of adding materials layer by layer to increase organic matter.  Materials I would recommend layering are newspaper (no … Continue reading →

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Have a Rainbow on your Plate!

It’s summer time and summer time means yummy veggies straight from the garden! There is little I love more than to harvest fresh, savory produce and make refreshing summer snacks and meals. This summer, on June 9th, at Chatfield Botanic … Continue reading →

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Local Food to Georgia Schools

The Hall County school system, in Georgia, is bringing local food into local schools, thankfully with help from a grant given by the state Department of Agriculture and Department of Education. 75 to 100 percent Georgia-grown meals will be in … Continue reading →

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Pizza A Vegetable? The Sad Debate

Over the last few years many believe that Congress has been on board with improving school lunches. Just this past year President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act followed by the announcement of new dietary guidelines earlier this fall. … Continue reading →

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Food Day!

Food Day 2011 is happening at the Denver Botanic Gardens October 24th! Food Day is a nationwide celebration promoting delicious, healthy and affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. More and more schools are becoming involved in school meal … Continue reading →

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