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School Gardens: Resources
School Gardens - Resources
- Life Lab
Life Lab cultivates children's love of learning, healthy food, and nature through garden-based education.
- Produce Safety (Institute of Child Nutrition)
A series of USDA resources on produce safety that describe best practices for receiving, storing, handling, and purchasing fresh and fresh-cut produce through videos, fact sheets, and PowerPoint presentations is available on the Institute of Child Nutrition website.
- Steps to a School Garden (Collective School Garden Network)
- USDA Memo SP 06-2015 Farm to School and School Garden Expenses.
- USDA Memo SP 32-2009 School Garden Questions & Answers
- The Penn State Master Gardener Program
This program may be able to guide schools in setting up a school garden.
Interested schools should contact their local Penn State Cooperative Extension Office to talk to their local Master Gardener Coordinator. Use the link above to find local Cooperative Extension offices.
- USDA Fact Sheet
School Gardens: Using Gardens to Grow Healthy Habits in Cafeterias, Classrooms, and Communities
