OUTCOMES
OUTCOMES FOR K-12 PROJECTS COULD INCLUDE ….
OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS-SENIORS-VETERANS COULD INCLUDE ….
OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS-SENIORS-VETERANS COULD INCLUDE ….
· Collaborate with the STEM and other teachers to link their classroom-book learning with interactive, hands-on hydroponic and/or soil-based-gardening methods to reinforce the teachers’ curriculum and effective gardening practices
· Collaborate with school administrators and faculty to establish a sustainable school lunch program with student-grown vegetables and herbs
· Collaborate with school administrators and faculty to establish a Gardens for Giving program, with the goal of donating the food to people in need
· Establish a succession planning process with upper-class students so the school lunch program (or other project related programs) could continue without interruption
· Collaborate with school administrators and the chef to establish a health and safety protocol for handling, harvesting, and delivering the vegetables and herbs to the kitchen staff
· Establish garden-teams who will learn about the cycle of life, how to start seeds, transplant seedlings, maintain, harvest, and cook their vegetables in the school’s kitchen
· Establish a student-run for-profit business to provide fresh, pesticide-free vegetables and herbs to the local restaurant(s) and grocery outlet(s)
OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS-SENIORS-VETERANS COULD INCLUDE ….
OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS-SENIORS-VETERANS COULD INCLUDE ….
OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS-SENIORS-VETERANS COULD INCLUDE ….
· Conduct learn-by-doing on-site sessions for first-time gardeners and residents (and employees) to start and maintain their garden or community garden plot
· Collaborate with the City’s Housing Department to show seniors living in high-rise units how they could set up, implement, and maintain their own hydroponic and soil-based gardens for year-round gardening
· Conduct learn-by-doing sessions with farmers and hobby-farmers to demonstrate how they could integrate their soil-based gardens with hydroponics to extend their growing season and create a business selling salad greens and other vegetables and herbs during the winter months
· Assist special-needs veterans transition to high-rise units by providing them with a structured and challenging experience to grow, maintain, and harvest their own vegetables
· Collaborate with personnel and facilitators to conduct interactive sessions with people with dementia, along with their care givers, to learn and use hydroponics to grow salad greens in their home that involves active social engagement, manual dexterity, and decision making