Project: Food Insecurity Students learned about… Food scarcity in their local community, the needs of community members, local food supply,…
Project: Food Deserts Students learned about… Food deserts, public health/nutrition, racial inequity Students investigated needs related to… Food deserts in…
Fifth and sixth grade students began their project by hearing from community partners involved with Backyard Bounty of the Berkshires,…
In their social studies class, high school students read Ron Suskind’s A Hope in the Unseen. This book, which follows…
During the course of a Food Education and Nutrition Unit, the teacher interjected a lesson called, “INFORMED DECISION MAKING.” Students…
Fourth grade students at Cotuit Elementary School in Massachusetts were upset to learn that the school district had no student…
After discussing community health issues in health class, fourth and fifth graders decided to do a service-learning project to raise…
Junior and senior English students brainstormed a broad list of issues and needs of concern to them. Each student then…
Third graders at Sherwood Heights Elementary School addressed the problem of food waste at their school. Nutrient-rich organic material was…
A pamphlet titled “Fast Food/Slow Food/Corporate Food/Local Food” can be found in several places around Kennebunk. It’s part of the…