| I just returned from a fantastic 2 day workshop at FoodShare in Toronto ( www.foodshare.net) which focused on Field To Table education for Ontario Schools. Please contact us if you would like more information and project ideas for your school, indoors and outdoors. All projects integrate Ontario curriculum.Here are a few of the great things happening at FoodShare: |
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| Subterranian food bucket planters. This design is a very simple, effective vertical growing system . 5 gallon buckets (doubled up with drainage holes) provide strong roots and easy water maintenance- and can be integrated inside classrooms too. A small, pop bottle version for students to take home can also be made. Contact Marcy ( marcy.pcgn@greenup.on.ca) if you would like a organize this project workshop for your class! |
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| Shade Trellis- this simple trellis system was designed at Bendale Institute in Toronto, where they have over 400 square feet of raised beds and a Market Garden ,operated by the high school students. The trellis is placed at an angle from the corners of the raised beds. Squash ,cucumber and beans grow up the trellis, creating a natural shade structure for beets,spinach and other leafy veggies to grow underneath. Excellent companion planting strategy for raised beds utilizing vining plants and cool ,shade loving plants. |
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| The Living Salad Bar! Using a LED tube light, this living salad bar grows microgreens which students can cut straight from the buffet. Pea shoots, sunflowers, radish, broccoli and alfalfa grow quickly. A full salad "garden" can be grown in 4 days! Students also love to tend to the Living Salad Bar, watering and replanting the trays every few days. Hilarious "Sprout Mouth" photos were taken of student's faces stuffed with nutritious greens! FoodShare also has an iinovative File- A Sprout design which used a 2 drawer filing cabinet to grow sprouts in the classroom. Contact Marcy ( marcy.pcgn@greenup.on.ca) if you would like to learn more about these designs. |
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