School Gardens

Planting at Cushman School

The goal of Slow Food Miami’s Edible Garden Program is to create student –centered organic vegetable gardens and to introduce student’s to the pleasures of good, clean food and to teach basic garden skills. With the combination of a garden grant, installation support, school incorporated curriculums and volunteer follow up , SFM seeks to develop improved nutritional practices, plant-to-food awareness, and an understanding of sustainable environmental processes. The edible school program is an effort to address childhood nutrition issues such as malnutrition and obesity and encourages a healthy, respectful attitude towards food. In addition, garden centered programs on a school campus affect the school habitat by changing the landscape of schools which often lack interactive and healthful environments specific to South Florida.

For information on Slow Food Miami’s school garden program or to sponsor a garden, contact:

Susan Rodriguez
Director of School Gardens
srodrig274@yahoo.com