In this film, student gardeners share how their experience cultivating school gardens with teacher Mr. Stephen Ritz and the Green Bronx Machine affected their school and personal lives. Green Bronx Machine is an organizing in New York City that champions food sovereignty through building “healthy, equitable, and resilient communities through inspired education, local food systems, and 21st Century workforce development.”
This video is a part of Real Food Films, a Real Food Media program. Real Food Films is an “international competition for short films on food, farming, and sustainability.”
Below are some possible discussion questions:
- How did you feel watching the video? With what/whom did you connect; why might this be?
- What projects are you involved in that excite you?
- Who are the lovable characters in your life?
- What could a garden look like at your school or in your community?
- What do you think the student means when he says “believe what you see” at the end of the video?
