What is the Community Garden?

•The garden will be built of composite wood and non-toxic loam.  It will be watered from a cistern connected to the school roof and be fed via drip irrigation.

•It will be constructed by volunteer parent labor under the supervision of  David Gass, who has worked in construction for 24 years and built 40+ homes.  It will be managed by the school staff, with advice from The Food Project.

•Two phases of agriculture utilized are food production and sales at a Farmer’s Market.  Ninety percent of the garden will be used to produce food - local crops as well as vegetables representative of the families - Cambodian, Latin American, and African.

•Students will learn about agriculture and the marketplace. Science and math skills, along with geography and history, will be enhanced e.g., many of the Cambodian and Guatemalan families were farmers and will relate their experiences to their children.

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