From Cornell Chronicle article $1M will launch 70 school garden programs, 23 in N.Y.
Cornell University Cooperative Extension in New York City (CUCE-NYC) and Washington State University Extension (WSUE) have been awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to create new school gardens and education programs in high-poverty schools, the USDA announced April 7. …
Through the “Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth: A People’s Garden” school pilot program, CUCE and WSUE, along with Iowa State University Extension and the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, will develop and run school community garden programs to improve students’ access to nutritious food, their knowledge of nutrition and agriculture production, and to give them a chance to contribute to the nutritional well-being of their communities.
Marcia Eames-Sheavly, senior extension associate in the Department of Horticulture, will contribute garden-based learning expertise.