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Below are helpful resources for each stage of the Farm to School Action Planning Cycle, which we use with our Farm to School Institute. Click the links below to access individual resources. All resources are copyright of Vermont FEED and can be used and adapted with permission.

Get the Resources:
Download the diagram above showing the Action Cycle for Farm to School programs.
Connecting Classrooms, Cafeterias, Communities: A Guide to Building Integrated Farm to School Programs
This Vermont FEED Guide walks you through farm to school action planning, and provides valuable content on classroom curriculum, school meal programs, and community building. The guide is filled with useful templates, curricular design strategies, and creative ways to communicate and celebrate farm to school success.

Farm to School Rubric [PDF]
This planning rubric is designed to help Farm to School and Early Childhood teams get a systems-wide view of their farm to school program. It is designed to help assess the stage of your Farm to School program, which informs your action planning process, identifying what next steps could deepen your program and give it greater staying power. It can also be used to identify readiness for Farm to School grants and needs for technical assistance.

FTS Action Planning Template [PDF]
These worksheets are designed to help you get going on your Farm to School plan. Use it to brainstorm and think through the goals, action steps, group members, timeline, and resources/assistance needed.

Impact & Feasibility Analysis Tool
This tool helps you facilitate a group discussion of options that have the highest benefit or impact for the least effort or cost-in terms of both time and expense. It's similar to a "cost-benefit analysis" that helps you prioritize, match actions to your capacity, and stay realistic about timing.

Communications Resources

A Coaching Guide for Farm to School Action Planning
If you are a new or returning coach in the Farm to School Institute, this guide will help you to navigate the coaching process, access tools and techniques, and understand the impact of coaching for developing robust and long lasting integrated farm to school programs. In this guide, we outline our FTS Institute coaching practices, the importance of the coach role, and how to build an equity lens that can be applied to any program to help make it more equitable.
View the full FEED Resource Library here. You can also find additional Farm to School resources published Vermont FEED's parent organizations, Shelburne Farms and NOFA-VT. All resources are copyright of Vermont FEED and can be used and adapted with permission.

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Use Vermont Harvest of the Month (VTHOM) original artwork, signage, recipes, and lessons to explore, promote, and cook through the Vermont seasons. With a featured harvest each month, VTHOM can provide inspiration so that every member of your school community - teachers, staff, students, and parents - can play an important role in cultivating healthy, local, and seasonal eating habits all while supporting Vermont farmers and the community.​

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The Farming Concrete Toolkit is a way to help measure all of the good things growing in your farm, garden, or yard, from hot peppers to happiness. Urban farmers and gardeners contribute every day to the social and environmental health of their communities. The Toolkit helps you track your output to showcase the benefits of your farm or garden, to improve and share your practice, and to raise awareness of your impact to funders and policymakers.

The Toolkit was created by and for urban farmers and gardeners in collaboration with Design Trust for Public Space and Farming Concrete. This website is the newest component of a multi-year project documenting the impact of urban farming and gardening. To learn more about our past work, visit the History section.
Ready to get started? Download the Farming Concrete Data Collection Toolkit. To enter your garden or farm's data, create an account in to Barn. To download data on the impact of urban farming and gardening, visit the Mill. Want to learn more about using the toolkit? Watch our instructional videos.

Farming Concrete is fiscally sponsored by Just Food.

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Below are helpful resources for each stage of the Farm to School Action Planning Cycle, which we use with our Farm to School Institute. Click the links below to access individual resources. All resources are copyright of Vermont FEED and can be used and adapted with permission.

Get the Resources:
Download the diagram above showing the Action Cycle for Farm to School programs.
Connecting Classrooms, Cafeterias, Communities: A Guide to Building Integrated Farm to School Programs
This Vermont FEED Guide walks you through farm to school action planning, and provides valuable content on classroom curriculum, school meal programs, and community building. The guide is filled with useful templates, curricular design strategies, and creative ways to communicate and celebrate farm to school success.

Farm to School Rubric [PDF]
This planning rubric is designed to help Farm to School and Early Childhood teams get a systems-wide view of their farm to school program. It is designed to help assess the stage of your Farm to School program, which informs your action planning process, identifying what next steps could deepen your program and give it greater staying power. It can also be used to identify readiness for Farm to School grants and needs for technical assistance.

FTS Action Planning Template [PDF]
These worksheets are designed to help you get going on your Farm to School plan. Use it to brainstorm and think through the goals, action steps, group members, timeline, and resources/assistance needed.

Impact & Feasibility Analysis Tool
This tool helps you facilitate a group discussion of options that have the highest benefit or impact for the least effort or cost-in terms of both time and expense. It's similar to a "cost-benefit analysis" that helps you prioritize, match actions to your capacity, and stay realistic about timing.

Communications Resources

A Coaching Guide for Farm to School Action Planning
If you are a new or returning coach in the Farm to School Institute, this guide will help you to navigate the coaching process, access tools and techniques, and understand the impact of coaching for developing robust and long lasting integrated farm to school programs. In this guide, we outline our FTS Institute coaching practices, the importance of the coach role, and how to build an equity lens that can be applied to any program to help make it more equitable.
View the full FEED Resource Library here. You can also find additional Farm to School resources published Vermont FEED's parent organizations, Shelburne Farms and NOFA-VT. All resources are copyright of Vermont FEED and can be used and adapted with permission.

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Community gardeners and urban farmers across North America are using an innovative research toolkit developed in New York City to measure and track the impacts of their work. A small group of dedicated gardeners created the toolkit in mid-2013 as part of the initiative of the Design Trust for Public Space, a local non-profit incubator for groundbreaking urban planning and design projects. The toolkit is made up of sixteen different methods for collecting data about things like the number of pounds of food harvested in a community garden or the number of children who develop a taste for fresh vegetables after hanging out at a neighborhood farm.

Gardens as far west as Nevada and as far north as Toronto have started using the toolkit and its accompanying online data-tracking site, "The Barn," since both were released online in mid-2014. The toolkit is freely available for anyone to download, use, and repurpose under Creative Commons licensing. The Barn data-tracking site is also free and open to any community garden or urban farm throughout the world.

The toolkit has already caught on with other gardeners in New York State. 75 community gardens in Buffalo, New York signed up to use The Barn and organizers for the network plan to help gardeners collect data during the 2015 growing season.

"Previously, we existed to set up and support community gardens in our City," Derek Nichols wrote in a recent email. Derek is the Program Director at Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo, a convener and organizer for the city's many gardens. "Now, we can focus on capturing the impact of our gardens on things like food access, the environment, and citizen engagement. The toolkit provides an easy guide to attain that data through innovative collection exercises."

The toolkit is adaptable to different contexts and its creators hope other sites throughout the world will pick it up and reshape it to meet their local needs.

There is plenty of academic research on the benefits of gardening and farming in cities. Some studies suggest that gardens and farms create access to fresh and healthy produce in areas with few grocery stores or markets, promote biodiversity and create vibrant habitats for non-human species, and foster the development of tight-knit communities empowered to participate in local democratic processes.

Farmers and gardeners in New York City developed the toolkit to take this kind of research into their own hands, allowing them to ask-and, hopefully, answer-questions directly relevant to the day-to-day activities at their own farms and gardens. The toolkit invites users to set goals for various gardening and farming practices and then track their successes and failures over time. Users can reflect on their data at the end of a growing season and strategize ways to improve their practices for the year ahead.

The data can also be useful for supporting and expanding community gardens and urban farms in cities where vacant lots are rapidly disappearing under waves of gentrifying redevelopment. Gardeners and farmers can use the data to demonstrate the social, economic, and environmental value of setting aside patches of the urban landscape for something other than concrete, glass, and steel.

The toolkit is broken up into five sections: 1) food production data; 2) environmental data; 3) social data; 4) health data; and 5) economic data. Each section contains step-by-step instructions for collecting data using methods that are cheaply and easily replicated at any farm or garden. For example, gardeners that want to track the pounds of local household garbage they divert from landfills simply need a five-gallon pail, a no-frills kitchen scale, and a clipboard to methodically weigh and record all of the banana peels, apple cores, and woodchips that get tossed into their compost bins.

Some of the social data collection methods in the toolkit build on age-old community organizing techniques, while others were specifically designed with the needs of volunteer-run gardens and farms in mind. One method in this category invites gardeners to take stock of all the latent skills and knowledge waiting to be tapped within a gardening community, using a standard asset-mapping approach with sticky notes and flip charts posted around a conference room. Another method provides garden leaders with illustrated "Task Cards" that allow volunteers to create a paper trail for all of the labor hours they donate over the course of a season.

One of the health data tracking methods looks at whether children who spend time at a garden or farm develop an affinity for eating fresh vegetables. The method asks children to log whether they think the taste of a particular vegetable grown at the garden is "yum" or "yuck"-both before and after tasting the vegetable for the first time. Here's an illustration of how the method works, taken directly from the toolkit:
Jeanine is a Children's Workshop Leader at the little community garden in Memorial Park. Every summer, she works with fifth graders from a local summer day camp to plant rows of corn, green beans, and tomatoes. The children harvest the crops as they ripen throughout the season, tasting each harvest and bringing some of the produce home with them in little paper bags. The children always have a lot to say about what they've tasted, but Jeanine struggles to keep track of how their attitudes change as a result of growing and tasting the vegetables for themselves. Last year, as the green beans and tomatoes started to ripen and harvest time approached, Jeanine got ready to track what the children thought about the taste of these two vegetables. She took two large tin cans out of her recycling bin, cleaned them, and taped a colorful drawing onto the front of each can: one of a big red tomato, the other of a bushel of green beans. She bought a bag of dry red beans and a bag of white beans at her local grocery, and poured each bag into separate bowls. The next morning, Jeanine arranged the bowls and the jars on a picnic bench in the garden. After the children arrived and got settled, Jeanine briefly taught them how to harvest the tomatoes and green beans. She then invited each one to step up to the picnic bench and pick a "Yum" bean or a "Yuck" bean to describe what they thought about tomatoes-a red bean for "Yum" and a white bean for "Yuck". Their choice made, they dropped their bean into the tin can labeled with the drawing of a tomato and then did the same thing again for the green beans. While the children worked in the garden with Jeanine, another adult gardener poured the contents of each jar into separate plastic bags and set them aside for Jeanine to count out later. After the harvest was over, everyone tasted a tomato and a green bean-some for the first time. Jeanine then invited the children to step up to the picnic bench once more and register how they felt about tomatoes and green beans after harvesting and tasting them. When the children left for the day, Jeanine counted out the red beans and white beans in each of the plastic bags and compared them to the beans left in the jars. She found that there was an increase in "yum" opinions about tomatoes by the end of the day, and a small in- crease in "yuck" opinions about green beans. She logged the results and shared them with other gardeners and began thinking about other ways to make the next harvest more appealing to children in the garden.
The toolkit builds on earlier work done by the Farming Concrete initiative to help community gardeners and urban farmers weigh and keep track of all the pounds of food they grow each season. Farming Concrete's protocols for measuring both the number of crops cultivated and the number of pounds of food grown are the first two methods found in the pages of the toolkit. The Farming Concrete team became partners in the Five Borough Farm initiative, and now the toolkit and its accompanying data logging technology are hosted on the Farming Concrete website.

The toolkit contains handy data worksheets that are easy to photocopy and reuse from month to month and season to season. Gardeners and farmers can also gather and analyze their data at "The Barn" after they set up a user account and create a site record for their urban farm or community garden. The system generates stylish summary reports with charts and graphs that are easy to print, email, and share with other gardeners, with policymakers, and with potential funders.

A group of thirty gardeners and farmers came together in the late spring of 2013 to craft the toolkit with help from two Outreach Fellows sponsored by the Design Trust. The Outreach Fellows facilitated a daylong brainstorming workshop where gardeners and farmers laid down the first core set of ideas that would evolve into the first version of the toolkit. The session followed the precepts of " Open Space Technology ", empowering participants to form their own small working groups based on their own interests, passions, and concerns.

A report published by the Design Trust for Public Space had this to say about the approach:
Groups formed, split, grew, and shrank during the workshop, while creatively tackling the same basic question-"How do we know something good is actually happening in our garden?" At the end of the workshop the full group reassembled to share sketches of a dozen new methods that were both meaningful to them and achievable, based on the capacities of their fellow gardeners.
The Outreach Fellows worked with gardeners and farmers across the city to pilot and test the toolkit throughout the summer of 2013. The feedback they received during the subsequent fall and winter led to the development of an updated version of the toolkit released in 2014. A new team of Outreach Fellows is currently working to adapt the toolkit based on additional feedback from farmers and gardeners provided during the 2014 growing season. The updated toolkit will be available for free download in the spring of 2015.

On The Nature of Cities

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The author served as a Five Borough Farm Outreach Fellow along with his collaborator Liz Barry from September 2012 to December 2014. The current Five Borough Farm Outreach Fellows are Sheryll Durant and D Rooney. The author continues to serve as a special advisor on the project.

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Making the Measure: A Toolkit for Tracking the Outcomes of Community Gardens and Urban Farms - The Nature of Cities

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You want to start a community or school garden? We're here to help. With a dedicated group of people working to see the project through and some careful planning, you're on your way. Click here to learn more.

Garden Organizing & Leadership

Garden organizing and leadership go hand-in-hand; as a garden leader you are at once a decision-maker, a garden manager, a community organizer, and much more. But don't let that overwhelm you, there's no need to do it all yourself. Follow the links below for resources to help guide and inspire you and your team of garden leaders.

Get Organized: Organize your team, develop your leadership skills, and establish guidelines and procedures that keep your garden running smoothly.

Grow Support: Support your garden by connecting with your community, seeking donations and raising funds.

Share the Work: Determine what work needs to be done, when it needs to happen, and how tasks will be shared, so you can work together to pull off a successful season.

Foster Community: Foster an inclusive, engaged, celebratory garden community by investing in individual gardeners and encouraging creative thinking.

Build Solutions: Address common garden issues, such as interpersonal conflict, environmental challenges, food safety, vandalism and more, by building resilient solutions.

Measure Success: Set goals and evaluate your program to measure the success of your community-based garden.

There are already many wonderfully useful resources out there designed specifically for people like you, who are starting, managing, and/or growing community and school gardens. Click here for a links to some of our favorites. For those looking to develop a community garden in partnership with a housing community, check out our toolkit here.

Check out our most recent toolshed tips below! These tips are meant to inspire your community garden projects, maintain momentum, and help your garden flourish.

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Use Vermont Harvest of the Month (VTHOM) original artwork, signage, recipes, and lessons to explore, promote, and cook through the Vermont seasons. With a featured harvest each month, VTHOM can provide inspiration so that every member of your school community - teachers, staff, students, and parents - can play an important role in cultivating healthy, local, and seasonal eating habits all while supporting Vermont farmers and the community.​

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Below are helpful resources for each stage of the Farm to School Action Planning Cycle, which we use with our Farm to School Institute. Click the links below to access individual resources. All resources are copyright of Vermont FEED and can be used and adapted with permission.

Get the Resources:
Download the diagram above showing the Action Cycle for Farm to School programs.
Connecting Classrooms, Cafeterias, Communities: A Guide to Building Integrated Farm to School Programs
This Vermont FEED Guide walks you through farm to school action planning, and provides valuable content on classroom curriculum, school meal programs, and community building. The guide is filled with useful templates, curricular design strategies, and creative ways to communicate and celebrate farm to school success.

Farm to School Rubric [PDF]
This planning rubric is designed to help Farm to School and Early Childhood teams get a systems-wide view of their farm to school program. It is designed to help assess the stage of your Farm to School program, which informs your action planning process, identifying what next steps could deepen your program and give it greater staying power. It can also be used to identify readiness for Farm to School grants and needs for technical assistance.

FTS Action Planning Template [PDF]
These worksheets are designed to help you get going on your Farm to School plan. Use it to brainstorm and think through the goals, action steps, group members, timeline, and resources/assistance needed.

Impact & Feasibility Analysis Tool
This tool helps you facilitate a group discussion of options that have the highest benefit or impact for the least effort or cost-in terms of both time and expense. It's similar to a "cost-benefit analysis" that helps you prioritize, match actions to your capacity, and stay realistic about timing.

Communications Resources

A Coaching Guide for Farm to School Action Planning
If you are a new or returning coach in the Farm to School Institute, this guide will help you to navigate the coaching process, access tools and techniques, and understand the impact of coaching for developing robust and long lasting integrated farm to school programs. In this guide, we outline our FTS Institute coaching practices, the importance of the coach role, and how to build an equity lens that can be applied to any program to help make it more equitable.
View the full FEED Resource Library here. You can also find additional Farm to School resources published Vermont FEED's parent organizations, Shelburne Farms and NOFA-VT. All resources are copyright of Vermont FEED and can be used and adapted with permission.

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A legacy for the Year of the Garden 2022 will be to create the opportunities to have a Garden for Every School in Canada by 2025.

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Violon et Champignon est une entreprise agricole qui produit une grande variété de champignons, cultivés en régie biologique, et qui récolte des produits sauvages

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INSCRIVEZ-VOUS DÈS MAINTENANT POUR VISIONNER LES CAPSULES VIDÉOS DES ATELIERS PRATIQUES AVANT LES RENCONTRES EN DIRECT !

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Formation en ligne autonome incluant plus de 25 capsules vidéo de haute qualité accessibles pendant deux ans

Deux rencontres de groupes par visioconférence (Zoom) en temps réel (live) avec Vincent Leblanc d'environ 3 heures chacune

Cohorte Avril 2022 :

Samedi 9 avril de 9h à 12h (heure du Québec)

Dimanche 10 avril de 9h à 12h (heure du Québec)

Un lien Zoom vous sera envoyé suite à votre inscription

Attention : Cette formationn'est pas enregistrée, vous devez être disponible à l'horaire prévu.

Conseil: Pour bénéficier au maximum de votre formation, assurez-vous de vous installer dans un endroit calme, où vous ne serez pas dérangé, et avec une bonne connexion Internet.

Cahier du participant : Notions théoriques et document à annoter au fil de votre formation

Listes de ressources supplémentaires pertinentes à votre apprentissage

Nombre limité de participants par cohorte

Communauté exclusive : Groupe Facebook privé pour vous permettre d'échanger avec une communauté de passionnés !

Vous êtes passionné par les champignons et le monde vivant et vous aimeriez ajouter cette production dans vos projets ? Vous êtes prêt à apprendre sur la culture de champignons avec cette formation !

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Économie : Gagnez temps et argent en apprenant des méthodes éprouvées par 25 ans d'expérience !

Détaillée : Explorer les différentes méthodes et techniques permettant de cultiver des champignons.

Pertinente : Pour débutants ou experts qui veulent produire pour une consommation personnelle ou commerciale !

Théorique : Toutes les notions nécessaires pour cultiver vos propres champignons.

Pratique : Visionnez des ateliers pratiques tournés à la ferme !

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Apprenez avec l'expert francophone dans le domaine

En plus d'être membre de l'Ordre des agronomes du Québec, votre formateur, Vincent Leblanc, a suivi cinq formations se rapportant à l'agroenvironnement.

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Témoignages

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Je recommande cette formation à quiconque s'intéressant à la culture de champignons ! Vincent est une mine d'information incroyable, en plus d'être sympa et passionné ! Ses cours sont pertinents, clairs et bien structurés, 10/10. "

Objectifs de la formation

Ateliers pratiques (plus de 25 capsules vidéo accessibles pendant 2 ans)
Apprendre comment produire des champignons dans un substrat mixte de paille et de granules de bois franc dans un pot (ou au jardin) ?

Pasteurisation chimique d'un substrat de paille et équipements de protection

Inoculation d'un substrat pasteurisé chimiquement

Entretien pour la fructification des champignons dans un pot

Comprendre comment faire une boîte de propagation du mycélium dans un substrat de copeaux de bois ?

Pasteurisation thermique à l'eau bouillante d'un substrat de copeaux de bois

Création d'une boîte de propagation du mycélium

Découvrir la culture extérieure de champignons au jardin et en forêt

Implantation du strophaire en planche

Implantation du pied bleu et du coprin chevelu sous le gazon

Implantation du champignon amande au jardin

Culture du shiitake sur billes de bois ou sur blocs de mycélium en forêt

Culture de la pholiote nameko sur billes de bois en forêt

Culture des champignons sur rondins (bûches ou billes de bois)

Connaître les subtilités de la culture dans une champignonnière

Présentation d'une salle de culture de champignons

Entaille des sacs de mycélium pour la fructification

Contrôleurs et gestion de l'humidité

Présentation d'une serre de champignons en hiver

Comprendre comment faire une récolte efficace

Récolte, manipulation et traçabilité des champignons
Être en mesure de produire des sacs de mycélium à base de substrat de sciure

Mélanges de culture à base de sciure et calcul du taux d'humidité du substrat

Ensachage du substrat de sciure pour la pasteurisation dans un baril

Pasteurisation thermique à la vapeur de sacs de substrat de sciure

Désinfection des outils et des surfaces de travail pour l'inoculation des sacs de substrat

Inoculation des sacs de substrat pasteurisés avec du mycélium

Brassage des sacs de substrat fraîchement inoculés de mycélium

Incubation des sacs de mycélium

Apprendre comment préparer un substrat de grain pour la culture d'un mycélium mère

Cuisson d'un substrat de grain pour la culture d'un mycélium mère

Ensachage d'un substrat de grain pour la stérilisation à l'autoclave

Notions théoriques (abordées en visioconférence et dans le cahier du participant)

Lors de nos rencontres, nous vous présenterons nos installations dédiées à la culture des champignons.
Découvrir l'écologie des champignons

Physiologie et anatomie fongique

Cycle de reproduction

Mode d'alimentation

Comprendre le mode de reproduction des champignons

Aspects de la reproduction des champignons tant en laboratoire qu'en milieu extérieur
En apprendre plus sur les substrats de culture des champignons

Carbone et azote dans la composition des substrats

Mélanges à utiliser selon les espèces

Calcul du pourcentage d'humidité

Choisir le bon contenant pour la culture des champignons

Avantages et inconvénients des différents contenants
Utiliser et traiter correctement les différents substrats de culture des champignons

Préparation et traitements des substrats pour une culture stérile et non stérile

Pasteurisation thermique et chimique

Stérilisation

Fermentation et autres

Absence de traitement

Apprendre sur les salles de croissance et lieux de fructification

Ventilation et gestion de l'humidité dans la champignonnière

Design et composantes et de la champignonnière

Calcul des changements d'air

Contrôleurs à utiliser

Découvrir la propagation du mycélium et la culture extérieure

Boîte de propagation

Avantages de la culture au jardin

Démystifier la culture des champignons sur billes de bois

Différentes techniques de culture sur rondins
Connaître des techniques contre les ravageurs et maladies

Prévention

Lutte biologique, physique et chimique

Choisir les espèces à cultiver

Bonnes pratiques de récolte

Présentation des différentes stratégies afin d'augmenter la productivité

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La Maison GARAF a mis sur pied un projet unique en son genre : les mini murs végétaux. Douze d’entre eux ont été installés dans les écoles de la région, dans le cadre d’un projet-pilote. À la suite de cette expérimentation, un troisième prototype verra le jour pour être déployé à plus grande échelle.

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Des plantes comestibles ou ornementales peuvent être cultivées dans les murs végétaux. (Photo : gracieuseté)

ÉDUCATION. La Maison GARAF a mis sur pied un projet unique en son genre : les mini murs végétaux. Douze d'entre eux ont été installés dans les écoles de la région, dans le cadre d'un projet-pilote. À la suite de cette expérimentation, un troisième prototype verra le jour pour être déployé à plus grande échelle.
L'origine du projet remonte en 2019, alors que l'artiste Julie Lambert a amorcé un projet d'œuvre d'art collective, en lien avec les élèves du programme GARAF, soit le Groupe d'aide pour la recherche et l'aménagement de la faune. Un corridor de l'école Jean-Raimbault a été transformé à la fois en passage piétonnier pour étudiants et en passage migratoire pour petites bestioles à statut précaire.

Le coordonnateur du GARAF, Pablo Desfossés, a eu l'idée d'y intégrer deux murs végétaux, faits sur mesure. "On a tellement aimé ça qu'on a décidé d'aller plus loin. On a réalisé des bancs d'essai à la Maison GARAF pendant deux ans. Par la suite, on a eu un deuxième prototype. Je l'ai amené chez moi pour faire des tests", raconte-t-il.

Des plantes comestibles ou ornementales peuvent être cultivées dans les murs végétaux. L'entretien est simple. Pour la culture en terre, il suffit de remplir le réservoir. Grâce à une pompe, l'eau monte jusqu'en haut pour s'écouler sur les différents paliers.

Il est aussi possible d'utiliser les murs végétaux pour la culture en hydroponie et en aquaponie. "Pour l'aquaponie, l'eau de l'aquarium est pompée jusqu'en haut du mur et elle s'écoule dans les billes. L'eau de l'aquarium chargée en nutriment permet de nourrir les plantes. L'eau se filtre et retourne dans l'aquarium", explique Pablo Desfossés.

Douze murs végétaux ont été installés dans les classes de la région, en janvier. Les élèves et les enseignants, accompagnés par la conseillère pédagogique du Centre de services scolaire des Chênes Marylène Bienvenue, sont amenés à développer des apprentissages en science et en technologie.

Jusqu'à présent, Pablo Desfossés a constaté plusieurs retombées positives. Entre autres, ce projet permet aux élèves d'être initiés et sensibilisés à l'agriculture de proximité. Grâce à la présence de plantes, la qualité de l'air est améliorée dans les classes.

"Les mini-murs végétaux permettront la production toute l'année dans la classe. Si l'enseignant souhaite faire des recettes ou faire des dégustations, il en aura l'occasion. Si toutefois l'intervenant scolaire souhaite produire des plantes pour réaliser un projet d'embellissement d'école ou pour vendre ses récoltes, il pourra le faire", s'exclame-t-il, en précisant que les végétaux pourront être transplantés à l'extérieur pour poursuivre leur croissance.

D'ici les prochaines semaines, un troisième prototype verra le jour. Pour la prochaine rentrée scolaire, 40 classes supplémentaires auront leur propre mur végétal.

Si auparavant l'assemblage des murs végétaux était confiée à Canimex, Pablo Desfossés a eu l'idée d'impliquer les élèves dans le processus. Un premier test s'est déroulé avec les élèves du GARAF et l'expérience s'est déroulée à merveille. Quant à la fabrication de la structure en acier inoxydable, elle sera toujours confiée à Canimex.

Pour l'avenir, Pablo Desfossés compte bien faire connaître le produit à l'extérieur de Drummondville, que ce soit dans les écoles ou ailleurs. "Les murs végétaux s'adaptent à toutes sortes de situations. Ça peut se retrouver dans une maison, une industrie et un restaurant. Les possibilités sont infinies", conclut-il.

Rappelons que ce projet est possible grâce au Fond du Grand Mouvement Desjardins.

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Les murs végétaux font leur apparition dans les écoles - L'Express

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Des plantes comestibles ou ornementales peuvent être cultivées dans les murs végétaux. (Photo : gracieuseté) ÉDUCATION. La Maison GARAF a mis sur pied un projet unique en son genre : les mini murs végétaux. Douze d'entre eux ont été installés dans les écoles de la région, dans le cadre d'un projet-pilote.

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Des plantes comestibles ou ornementales peuvent être cultivées dans les murs végétaux. (Photo : gracieuseté)

ÉDUCATION. La Maison GARAF a mis sur pied un projet unique en son genre : les mini murs végétaux. Douze d'entre eux ont été installés dans les écoles de la région, dans le cadre d'un projet-pilote. À la suite de cette expérimentation, un troisième prototype verra le jour pour être déployé à plus grande échelle.
L'origine du projet remonte en 2019, alors que l'artiste Julie Lambert a amorcé un projet d'œuvre d'art collective, en lien avec les élèves du programme GARAF, soit le Groupe d'aide pour la recherche et l'aménagement de la faune. Un corridor de l'école Jean-Raimbault a été transformé à la fois en passage piétonnier pour étudiants et en passage migratoire pour petites bestioles à statut précaire.

Le coordonnateur du GARAF, Pablo Desfossés, a eu l'idée d'y intégrer deux murs végétaux, faits sur mesure. "On a tellement aimé ça qu'on a décidé d'aller plus loin. On a réalisé des bancs d'essai à la Maison GARAF pendant deux ans. Par la suite, on a eu un deuxième prototype. Je l'ai amené chez moi pour faire des tests", raconte-t-il.

Des plantes comestibles ou ornementales peuvent être cultivées dans les murs végétaux. L'entretien est simple. Pour la culture en terre, il suffit de remplir le réservoir. Grâce à une pompe, l'eau monte jusqu'en haut pour s'écouler sur les différents paliers.

Il est aussi possible d'utiliser les murs végétaux pour la culture en hydroponie et en aquaponie. "Pour l'aquaponie, l'eau de l'aquarium est pompée jusqu'en haut du mur et elle s'écoule dans les billes. L'eau de l'aquarium chargée en nutriment permet de nourrir les plantes. L'eau se filtre et retourne dans l'aquarium", explique Pablo Desfossés.

Douze murs végétaux ont été installés dans les classes de la région, en janvier. Les élèves et les enseignants, accompagnés par la conseillère pédagogique du Centre de services scolaire des Chênes Marylène Bienvenue, sont amenés à développer des apprentissages en science et en technologie.

Jusqu'à présent, Pablo Desfossés a constaté plusieurs retombées positives. Entre autres, ce projet permet aux élèves d'être initiés et sensibilisés à l'agriculture de proximité. Grâce à la présence de plantes, la qualité de l'air est améliorée dans les classes.

"Les mini-murs végétaux permettront la production toute l'année dans la classe. Si l'enseignant souhaite faire des recettes ou faire des dégustations, il en aura l'occasion. Si toutefois l'intervenant scolaire souhaite produire des plantes pour réaliser un projet d'embellissement d'école ou pour vendre ses récoltes, il pourra le faire", s'exclame-t-il, en précisant que les végétaux pourront être transplantés à l'extérieur pour poursuivre leur croissance.

D'ici les prochaines semaines, un troisième prototype verra le jour. Pour la prochaine rentrée scolaire, 40 classes supplémentaires auront leur propre mur végétal.

Si auparavant l'assemblage des murs végétaux était confiée à Canimex, Pablo Desfossés a eu l'idée d'impliquer les élèves dans le processus. Un premier test s'est déroulé avec les élèves du GARAF et l'expérience s'est déroulée à merveille. Quant à la fabrication de la structure en acier inoxydable, elle sera toujours confiée à Canimex.

Pour l'avenir, Pablo Desfossés compte bien faire connaître le produit à l'extérieur de Drummondville, que ce soit dans les écoles ou ailleurs. "Les murs végétaux s'adaptent à toutes sortes de situations. Ça peut se retrouver dans une maison, une industrie et un restaurant. Les possibilités sont infinies", conclut-il.

Rappelons que ce projet est possible grâce au Fond du Grand Mouvement Desjardins.

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Les murs végétaux font leur apparition dans les écoles - L'Express

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Des plantes comestibles ou ornementales peuvent être cultivées dans les murs végétaux. (Photo : gracieuseté) ÉDUCATION. La Maison GARAF a mis sur pied un projet unique en son genre : les mini murs végétaux. Douze d'entre eux ont été installés dans les écoles de la région, dans le cadre d'un projet-pilote.

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INSCRIVEZ-VOUS DÈS MAINTENANT POUR VISIONNER LES CAPSULES VIDÉOS DES ATELIERS PRATIQUES AVANT LES RENCONTRES EN DIRECT !

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Formation en ligne autonome incluant plus de 25 capsules vidéo de haute qualité accessibles pendant deux ans

Deux rencontres de groupes par visioconférence (Zoom) en temps réel (live) avec Vincent Leblanc d'environ 3 heures chacune

Cohorte Avril 2022 :

Samedi 9 avril de 9h à 12h (heure du Québec)

Dimanche 10 avril de 9h à 12h (heure du Québec)

Un lien Zoom vous sera envoyé suite à votre inscription

Attention : Cette formationn'est pas enregistrée, vous devez être disponible à l'horaire prévu.

Conseil: Pour bénéficier au maximum de votre formation, assurez-vous de vous installer dans un endroit calme, où vous ne serez pas dérangé, et avec une bonne connexion Internet.

Cahier du participant : Notions théoriques et document à annoter au fil de votre formation

Listes de ressources supplémentaires pertinentes à votre apprentissage

Nombre limité de participants par cohorte

Communauté exclusive : Groupe Facebook privé pour vous permettre d'échanger avec une communauté de passionnés !

Vous êtes passionné par les champignons et le monde vivant et vous aimeriez ajouter cette production dans vos projets ? Vous êtes prêt à apprendre sur la culture de champignons avec cette formation !

Qualité : La Formation complète sur la culture des champignons offerte par Violon et Champignon est la formation la plus exhaustive que vous trouverez sur le sujet en français !

Économie : Gagnez temps et argent en apprenant des méthodes éprouvées par 25 ans d'expérience !

Détaillée : Explorer les différentes méthodes et techniques permettant de cultiver des champignons.

Pertinente : Pour débutants ou experts qui veulent produire pour une consommation personnelle ou commerciale !

Théorique : Toutes les notions nécessaires pour cultiver vos propres champignons.

Pratique : Visionnez des ateliers pratiques tournés à la ferme !

Biologique : Les techniques enseignées sont toutes approuvées par la certification biologique.

Vous voulez éviter la lecture d'une multitude de livres et économiser temps et argent ? Cette formation est pour vous !

Apprenez avec l'expert francophone dans le domaine

En plus d'être membre de l'Ordre des agronomes du Québec, votre formateur, Vincent Leblanc, a suivi cinq formations se rapportant à l'agroenvironnement.

La création de son entreprise Violon et Champignon est le fruit des nombreux systèmes novateurs en agriculture qu'il a conçus, expérimentés et mis en œuvre. Spécialiste dans la culture de champignons depuis 25 ans, il ne cesse d'expérimenter de nouvelles espèces et ne recule devant aucune innovation pour en élargir son répertoire. Il est considéré comme l'un des plus créatifs et des plus dynamiques dans ce créneau et il adore partager sa passion et son savoir aux autres !

Vous êtes tout simplement curieux d'en savoir plus sur la myciculture ? Participez à cette formation ! Inscrivez-vous maintenant, les places sont limitées !

Témoignages

" J'ai suivi la formation dans un environnement fort convivial et sympa. On y apprend beaucoup de choses ! Passionnant sujet les champignons 🍄 je recommande grandement ! "

" J'ai eu la chance de suivre la formation sur la production de champignons (...)

Je recommande cette formation à quiconque s'intéressant à la culture de champignons ! Vincent est une mine d'information incroyable, en plus d'être sympa et passionné ! Ses cours sont pertinents, clairs et bien structurés, 10/10. "

Objectifs de la formation

Ateliers pratiques (plus de 25 capsules vidéo accessibles pendant 2 ans)
Apprendre comment produire des champignons dans un substrat mixte de paille et de granules de bois franc dans un pot (ou au jardin) ?

Pasteurisation chimique d'un substrat de paille et équipements de protection

Inoculation d'un substrat pasteurisé chimiquement

Entretien pour la fructification des champignons dans un pot

Comprendre comment faire une boîte de propagation du mycélium dans un substrat de copeaux de bois ?

Pasteurisation thermique à l'eau bouillante d'un substrat de copeaux de bois

Création d'une boîte de propagation du mycélium

Découvrir la culture extérieure de champignons au jardin et en forêt

Implantation du strophaire en planche

Implantation du pied bleu et du coprin chevelu sous le gazon

Implantation du champignon amande au jardin

Culture du shiitake sur billes de bois ou sur blocs de mycélium en forêt

Culture de la pholiote nameko sur billes de bois en forêt

Culture des champignons sur rondins (bûches ou billes de bois)

Connaître les subtilités de la culture dans une champignonnière

Présentation d'une salle de culture de champignons

Entaille des sacs de mycélium pour la fructification

Contrôleurs et gestion de l'humidité

Présentation d'une serre de champignons en hiver

Comprendre comment faire une récolte efficace

Récolte, manipulation et traçabilité des champignons
Être en mesure de produire des sacs de mycélium à base de substrat de sciure

Mélanges de culture à base de sciure et calcul du taux d'humidité du substrat

Ensachage du substrat de sciure pour la pasteurisation dans un baril

Pasteurisation thermique à la vapeur de sacs de substrat de sciure

Désinfection des outils et des surfaces de travail pour l'inoculation des sacs de substrat

Inoculation des sacs de substrat pasteurisés avec du mycélium

Brassage des sacs de substrat fraîchement inoculés de mycélium

Incubation des sacs de mycélium

Apprendre comment préparer un substrat de grain pour la culture d'un mycélium mère

Cuisson d'un substrat de grain pour la culture d'un mycélium mère

Ensachage d'un substrat de grain pour la stérilisation à l'autoclave

Notions théoriques (abordées en visioconférence et dans le cahier du participant)

Lors de nos rencontres, nous vous présenterons nos installations dédiées à la culture des champignons.
Découvrir l'écologie des champignons

Physiologie et anatomie fongique

Cycle de reproduction

Mode d'alimentation

Comprendre le mode de reproduction des champignons

Aspects de la reproduction des champignons tant en laboratoire qu'en milieu extérieur
En apprendre plus sur les substrats de culture des champignons

Carbone et azote dans la composition des substrats

Mélanges à utiliser selon les espèces

Calcul du pourcentage d'humidité

Choisir le bon contenant pour la culture des champignons

Avantages et inconvénients des différents contenants
Utiliser et traiter correctement les différents substrats de culture des champignons

Préparation et traitements des substrats pour une culture stérile et non stérile

Pasteurisation thermique et chimique

Stérilisation

Fermentation et autres

Absence de traitement

Apprendre sur les salles de croissance et lieux de fructification

Ventilation et gestion de l'humidité dans la champignonnière

Design et composantes et de la champignonnière

Calcul des changements d'air

Contrôleurs à utiliser

Découvrir la propagation du mycélium et la culture extérieure

Boîte de propagation

Avantages de la culture au jardin

Démystifier la culture des champignons sur billes de bois

Différentes techniques de culture sur rondins
Connaître des techniques contre les ravageurs et maladies

Prévention

Lutte biologique, physique et chimique

Choisir les espèces à cultiver

Bonnes pratiques de récolte

Présentation des différentes stratégies afin d'augmenter la productivité

Vous avez déjà de l'expérience sur la culture des champignons, mais vous aimeriez obtenir de meilleurs rendements ? Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant.

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Formation complète sur la culture des champignons

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Les Incroyables Comestibles - Servez-vous librement, c'est gratuit !

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Mouvement citoyen d'agriculture urbaine participative venu d'Angleterre ! Ils sont partout et invitent les habitants à planter des légumes en ville partout où c'est possible... et à cultivez les liens. L'émergence d'un monde Incroyable aux quatre coins de la planète : celui de l'abondance partagée.

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Unique in Quebec, Ecole-O-Champ is the only non-profit organisation that offers science based agricultural education in both languages and whose curriculum is directly related to agricultural and enviromental sciences.

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All services Training Animation Agrotourism Learning resources

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Hydroflora is a Montreal based community of diverse entrepreneurs united by a vision of city life wholly infused with nature.

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We aim to realize this vision through a holistic approach that employs artistic, innovative, and educational approaches. Our interest in alternative growing practices and community wellness is what drives Hydroflora.

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HydroFlora - Hydroponics, Flora and Sustainable Solutions

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We aim to realize this vision through a holistic approach that employs artistic, innovative, and educational approaches. Our interest in alternative growing practices and community wellness is what drives Hydroflora.

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Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine (AU/LAB)

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Cultive ta ville est une plateforme de cartographie des initiatives en agriculture urbaine du Québec. Inscrivez la vôtre !

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Le Regroupement des Jardiniers Écologiques (R.J.É.) est un organisme communautaire fondé au Québec en 1988.

Il a comme objectifs de soutenir et d'accompagner les jardiniers dans leur apprentissage, de partager une vision d'équilibre naturel, de valoriser les méthodes de cultures et de production d'aliments sains et vivants qui soutiennent la vie et la santé.

Le R.J.É. rend accessible des informations et des publications écrites et visuelles permettant de réaliser son jardin ou son potager écologique.

Le R.J.É. permet de se rassembler pour partager la vie, l'amour de la terre, des plantes et du jardinage dans son sens le plus noble, tout en préservant l'environnement pour que les prochaines générations puissent en jouir pleinement.

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Bienvenue au Regroupement des Jardiniers Écologiques

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Le Regroupement des Jardiniers Écologiques (R.J.É.) est un organisme communautaire fondé au Québec en 1988. Il a comme objectifs de soutenir et d'accompagner les jardiniers dans leur apprentissage, de partager une vision d'équilibre naturel, de valoriser les méthodes de cultures et de production d'aliments sains et vivants qui soutiennent la vie et la santé.

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Farm to school is a comprehensive strategy that connects student learning and experiences in the Classroom, Cafeteria, and the Community. The goal is to help students establish a lifelong positive relationship with food while supporting a more just food system.

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WE BELIEVE

IN FOOD EQUITY AND ACCESS. The current food system reinforces injustice and inequity. In a sustainable food system, everyone will have access to nutritious, healthy, affordable foods and opportunities to produce it.

A HEALTHY DIET IMPACTS STUDENT SUCCESS. Students who are well-fed with nutritious foods are able to be more engaged and successful in their learning.

PLACE-BASED FOOD, FARM, & NUTRITION EDUCATION IMPACTS THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOL CULTURE. Farm to School gives students the knowledge , skills and values to make healthy choices for themselves and their communities.

INVESTING IN LOCAL AGRICULTURE IS CRITICAL. Local food systems are essential to the health of the local economy, environment, and communities.

A HEALTHY FOOD SYSTEM IS CRITICAL TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. Food systems are a powerful lens for exploring and addressing the complex issues of sustainability.

IN THE POWER OF COLLABORATION. School systems change when a diversity of partners and the school community align to invest in creating change together.

Read more about our 2019 Impact.

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IN FOOD EQUITY AND ACCESS. The current food system reinforces injustice and inequity. In a sustainable food system, everyone will have access to nutritious, healthy, affordable foods and opportunities to produce it. A HEALTHY DIET IMPACTS STUDENT SUCCESS. Students who are well-fed with nutritious foods are able to be more engaged and successful in their learning.

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Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine (AU/LAB)

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Cultive ta ville est une plateforme de cartographie des initiatives en agriculture urbaine du Québec. Inscrivez la vôtre !

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Regroupement des jardins collectifs du Québec

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Regroupement des jardins collectifs du Québec

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Regroupement des jardins collectifs du Québec

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Certains y voient l'un des gestes les plus radicaux que l'on puisse poser, tant d'un point de vue économique, qu'environnemental et sociétal. De plus en plus d'entreprises, d'organismes et de particuliers tentent l'aventure.

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Plant A Seed & See What Grows - Children's Book

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Get your kids excited about the concept of a community garden by bringing home the Plant A Seed and See What Grows children's book - order online today.

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A list of grants to support school-community gardens

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A list of grants to support school-community gardens

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School-Community Garden and Green Grants_Garden Project

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Youth rallied around the world in 2019, making it the year of global climate strikes. About six million protesters walked out of their classrooms and workplaces in a week of organized strikes and demonstrations in late September, calling on governments to address the escalating ecological emergency.

People's frustration at the inaction of political leaders and corporations on the climate crisis is clear. But what more is needed if we are serious about striking to " disrupt the system," as climate activists like Greta Thunberg have called for?

This need to disrupt and re-imagine our society sits at the core of our work addressing climate change and education in the faculty of education at McGill University. One practical project to realize this aim is a community partnership approach to developing and supporting school-community gardens. Through this project and others, we hope to transform Québec's education system to better prepare students (and ourselves) for a fast-changing and uncertain world.

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Learning across settings

Proponents of what's called "systems leadership" argue that leaders must help people collaborate across different systems to tackle complex challenges like climate change. They stress the need for deep listening and efforts to see through others' eyes that encourages the openness needed to allow new ways to emerge.

Fundamental transformation is needed to address the looming impacts of climate change. This transformation needs more than education, research or government policies alone.

Read more: Teaching young people what really matters for the sake of our collective life on Earth

Rather, we need strategies for harnessing our collective wisdom and learning together across settings and disciplines. Collaboration between the private sector, members of the wider public and researchers is imperative.

Unfortunately, many of our institutions remain siloed, hierarchical and therefore ill-equipped for the collaboration and flexibility needed to drive collective change. How then can we proceed? Based on recent research and experimentation, we see two closely related paths forward.

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Focus on bright spots

Large systems challenges like climate change are often likened to icebergs - daunting in their size and difficult to appraise. By shifting focus to smaller, more tangible challenges or bright spots, we can cultivate the relationships, ways of working and insights that can help us tackle larger challenges.

School gardens are a way of engaging students in experiential learning about their environments, food production and global environmental change. Many teachers, like their students, are keen to bring climate change and sustainability tools and topics into their classrooms. But they're limited by a lack of financial and administrative support, a lack of preparation for teaching these issues and a lack of clarity on how their efforts fit into highly standardized curricular requirements.

As a result, these efforts are often relegated to extracurricular or optional activities led by a small number of educators doing it out of their own conviction (not to mention with their own time and money).

School-Community Garden Institute

Partnering with LEARN Québec, we co-host the School-Community Garden Institute. Gatherings bring together teachers, educational support workers, researchers, non-profits and businesses from around Montréal to share knowledge and resources on how to establish and sustain a garden.

(Blane Harvey), Author provided

Participants who joined were interested in expanding and improving their gardens, their partnerships and deepening knowledge of using gardens for learning and teaching. They wanted to connect with others with similar interests.

The meetings foster mutual learning and collaboration. Participants examine the many dimensions of school-community gardens that must fit together to ensure success: fundraising, community engagement, planting and tending to the garden, planning lessons, developing curriculum and more.

Peer-to-peer problem solving

We share examples of what's going well. In facilitated peer-to-peer problem solving sessions, attendees from quite different contexts bring their collective knowledge to bear on real-world challenges. We host these events at McGill University using the faculty's community garden as a collective space for knowledge exchange and innovation.

These collaborations have generated much richer understandings of the realities faced by those bringing gardens to life. They've also advanced a shared commitment to grow the conversation.

Together we've addressed strategic challenges like funding, engaging other teachers and community partners, as well as practical issues like building raised garden beds. Participants' roles evolve from seasoned expert in one moment to curious learner in another.

Universities as innovation brokers

As the case of our garden institute illustrates, Canadian universities enjoy the networks, public trust, infrastructure and convening power needed to facilitate knowledge sharing and to scale up collective action.

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Our work seeks to promote a model where universities serve as community meeting places that bring together diverse sources of knowledge and experience to catalyze collective action - as " innovation brokers."

Innovation brokers create and influence contexts to facilitate mutual learning and innovation. They strive to connect like-minded partners, stimulate out-of-the-box thinking and encourage mutual learning and knowledge exchange among people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to work together.

Re-thinking how universities work

For universities to become innovation brokers in significant ways, however, we must rethink how universities work. Universities will need to move from being the main architects of innovation to being brokers of diverse knowledge.

Policy-makers, administrators and researchers will need to tackle what are now barriers and disincentives to more diverse, interdisciplinary and engaged forms of research. Such barriers are now embedded in how universities recruit, fund and promote people. For instance, many universities still tend to discount the value of contributing to projects led by community partners. And some fields assign higher status to sole-authored research than to collaboratively written publications.

These changes will also mean, crucially, educating future scholars in new ways of thinking about the role of science and the university in society .

The seeds of change found in small projects can show us the shape that future systems might take, but the task of transforming the relationships, values and incentives that define success in academia still remains. Much work is still needed for universities, schools and communities to work together to grow our sustainable futures.
The authors would like to acknowledge community partner Ben Loomer at LEARN for the important contributions he has made to the initiatives described above.

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School-community gardens plant the seeds of change to address global warming

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Youth rallied around the world in 2019, making it the year of global climate strikes. About six million protesters walked out of their classrooms and workplaces in a week of organized strikes and demonstrations in late September, calling on governments to address the escalating ecological emergency.

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1 rencontre de présentation et d'introduction Un jardin pour chaque enfant et une introduction à l'éducation au goût (1/2 journée);

2 journées de formation pour les ambassadeurs qui animeront les ateliers.

ACTIVITÉS PÉDAGOGIQUES OFFERTES

Formations : 2 journées de formation en jardinage éducatif pour tous les acteurs impliqués (une à l'automne et une au printemps);

Ateliers : 6 journées d'animation (3 groupes par jour) d'ateliers clé-en-main par des producteurs-trices et transformateurs-trices qui ciblent le 2e cycle principalement;

Activité sur les métiers agroalimentaires.

MATÉRIEL PÉDAGOGIQUE INCLUS

4 cartables pédagogiques (un par cycle) en jardinage éducatif;

1 guide théorique sur le jardinage éducatif;

6 fiches de réinvestissement pour les enseignants sur les thèmes des ateliers;

MATÉRIEL DE JARDINAGE ET DE CUISINE INCLUS

1 lot de matériel de cuisine;

1 lot de matériel de jardinage;

1 plan de bac-jardin;

1 carte-cadeau de 400$ pour l'achat des matériaux;

Remboursement de l'achat de terreau.

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Feeding Montreal is a series that explores the political, economic, social and personal relationships Montrealers have with their food. It's a collaboration between the Department of Journalism at Concordia University and CBC Montreal. This story is the work of a team of student journalists.
Kanerahtiio Hemlock brushes off the freshly fallen snow from an aluminum pail hanging from the maple tree in front of him. He peers inside to inspect how much sugary liquid has accumulated over the last few days.

Satisfied with the yield, he unhooks the pail from its tap and pours the sap into a large, bright orange bucket that sinks deep into the knee-high snow under the weight of its contents.

"Some days you can fill up these buckets with just a couple of trees," Hemlock says.

A teacher at the First Nation Regional Adult Education Center (FNRAEC) in the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake on Montreal's South Shore, Hemlock has brought his students to this patch of forest to help a community member collect sap from some 200 maple trees here before turning it into syrup.
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Hemlock's course is unlike any other: students are involved in a range of hands-on projects, such as gardening, beekeeping and raising chickens.

They are also encouraged to connect with their Mohawk culture and give back to their community.

"I've been showing them that it's okay to help people and not expect anything in return. By giving out that good will and helping out, it comes back in different ways," Hemlock said.

As the first signs of spring appear, Hemlock and his students anxiously wait for the snow to melt. They are all ready to work in a project that inspired the creation of the FNAREC course: Kahnawake's community garden.

A garden for the community

The eight-hectare garden, about the size of 13 CFL football fields, sits on a controversial piece of land wedged between Highway 30 and St. Isidore Road, bordering the municipality of Saint-Constant.

As the long-awaited Highway 30 extension neared completion in 2012, the Quebec government handed roughly 200 hectares of land along the highway back to the Mohawk community, which the Kahnawake Mohawk Council earmarked for development.

At first, all the usual ideas were put forward: a gas station, a warehouse, a casino.

Then in January 2015, Hemlock and his partner, Raven Swamp, came up with an alternative use for the land - an idea rooted in Mohawk tradition and culture.

Together, Hemlock and Swamp envisioned a garden in which all members of Kahnawake could participate, learn new gardening techniques and pass on traditions.

Half of what would be grown would be shared among the families who participated in the planting and care of the garden. The rest would be gifted to the community's schools, an elder's lodge, an independent living centre and other local organizations.

Hemlock and Swamp consulted with the people of Kahnawake to get their approval, going on the radio, placing ads in the local newspaper and speaking with elders.

The response was overwhelming.

"There wasn't one person that said no," Hemlock said.

With the community on board, the pair announced they'd break soil in the garden on May 15, 2015 - Planting Day - and have been growing crops there ever since.

Improving health, food security

For Hemlock, the garden has brought Kahnawake community members together in ways he never expected.

"We have traditional people and non-traditional people; we have Catholics and non-Catholics; we have young people and old people," Hemlock said.

The project was engendered, in part, by the rise of worrisome health issues in Kahnawake, such as diabetes.

"One thing that would benefit everybody is our own healthy, traditional, organic food," said Hemlock. "It's empowering if we are all growing it together."

Moreover, access to fresh fruits and vegetables improves Kahnawake's food security, a topic often discussed within the community.

Kahnawake Mohawks have never forgotten what happened during the 1990 Oka Crisis.

Encircled by protesters, police and, eventually, the Canadian military, they were essentially trapped on the reserve for much of the 78-day standoff triggered by a land dispute in Kahnawake's sister community of Kanesatake.

Food quickly grew scarce.

From Swamp's perspective, the crisis forced the people of Kahnawake to realize depending on outside sources for food can be risky.

"It taught us we need to take this into our own hands," said Swamp.

For gardener Rateriios Cross, the community project represents the opportunity to provide for themselves using the knowledge passed on by Mohawk ancestors.

"It's better to have your own knowledge of growing your own food," said Cross. "You can't rely on Walmart or Super C."

"That's the main goal," said Swamp. "We are becoming more independent."

Cultivating culture and tradition

Four planting seasons later, the garden has fulfilled its founders' desire to offer more than just fresh vegetables.

It also plays a vital role in reviving Mohawk gardening traditions and keeping them alive for future generations.

To open the planting season, Kahnawake women sing a seed song to the spirit of the plants while giving thanks for the upcoming harvest.

Before the community garden was launched, that ceremony took place indoors, in the community's traditional spiritual meeting place, called the Longhouse.

Moreover, Swamp and other educators are teaching younger students how to sow seeds, and they organize field trips to the garden so the children can learn how to grow and harvest food.

"We have to teach our children and bring back the knowledge of how to start a seed and nurture it until it becomes food," Swamp said.

Once corn and other vegetables are fully grown and harvested, students are encouraged to use the whole plant.

In so many ways, said Swamp, the community garden is helping to preserve traditional knowledge and gardening skills that can be passed on from generation to generation.

"You can see this cycle. The elders are passing on that knowledge to us and we are passing it on to our children," she said.

"That's how a community should be."
MORE IN THIS SERIES: Feeding Montreal is a collaboration between the Journalism Department at Concordia University's journalism and CBC Montreal.

Working in small teams, students in the department's graduate diploma program found and produced original stories about the political, economic, social and personal relationships Montrealers have with their food. The students spent the winter semester developing their stories in text, audio, video, photography, infographics and maps.

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Enseigner à l'extérieur n'a jamais été si populaire. Les profs sont nombreux à s'être initiés aux vertus de la classe en plein air depuis l'apparition de la COVID-19 et la grande majorité d'entre eux ont l'intention de continuer à enseigner dehors après la pandémie.
* À lire aussi: Faire la classe à l'extérieur pour contrer la COVID-19
Voilà les conclusions tirées d'une enquête menée par des chercheurs de l'Université de Sherbrooke et réalisée auprès d'un millier d'enseignants à travers la province.

Au primaire, 63% d'entre eux ont affirmé avoir enseigné à l'extérieur au cours des dernières années, alors que cette proportion est de 45% au secondaire.

La crise sanitaire a servi de catalyseur puisqu'environ la moitié des profs ont tenté l'expérience pour la première fois depuis l'automne dernier, alors que la rentrée s'est effectuée en pleine pandémie.

Rappelons que les classes extérieures permettent de diminuer les risques de propagation de la COVID-19, selon les autorités de santé publique fédérales.

Les enseignants interrogés estiment qu'il s'agit aussi d'une façon de garder les élèves actifs pendant les apprentissages, qui se font de façon plus sédentaire lorsqu'ils sont à l'intérieur.

La cour d'école a été surtout utilisée pour enseigner l'éducation physique et les sciences. Au primaire, les profs ont aussi transmis des notions de français, de mathématique, d'arts et d'univers social en plein air.

La grande majorité des profs ont par ailleurs indiqué qu'il avait l'intention de continuer à enseigner à l'extérieur après la pandémie (84% au primaire et 89% au secondaire).

"On peut donc supposer que la pandémie a servi de prétexte pour plusieurs personnes enseignantes à s'initier à l'enseignement à l'extérieur et c'est de très bon augure pour l'avenir", affirme Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet, un des chercheurs qui a réalisé cette étude.

Les conditions météorologiques représentent le principal défi des classes extérieures, auquel il faut ajouter la gestion des comportements des élèves, plus problématique au secondaire, selon les enseignants interrogés.

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La classe extérieure, un leg de la pandémie là pour rester?

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Author: Sustain Ontario

Categories: Edible Education Network / Good Food Ideas for Kids / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario / Schools

Given all of the restrictions in schools due to COVID-19, school food champions in Ontario are doing what they can to figure out how to continue to advance food literacy programs.

Sustain Ontario's Edible Education Network hosted a lively webinar on November 17, 2020, to discuss School Food Programming in Ontario in a time of COVID-19, with a particular focus on food literacy education. A webinar recording is now available here.

Before separating into breakout groups for further discussion, our 4 panelists shared the innovative ways they've been able to adapt their work and keep students engaged during these difficult times:

Sunday Harrison, Green Thumbs Growing Kids (GTGK), Toronto
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Like all of our speakers, Green Thumbs Growing Kids had to quickly pivot their in-school gardening and food literacy programs at the start of the pandemic.

With support from TDSB's Sustainability Office, they were able to keep gardening at their partner schools from May onward for the sole purpose of growing food, which was donated to local charities / families. In June, they hired six summer staff through Canada Summer Jobs to help cultivate the gardens and manage produce deliveries. They also brought some produce to farmers' markets once they were able to open.

In addition to continuing growing, GTGK has seen a lot of success through developing online learning opportunities. All of our speakers agreed that teachers and parents are hungry for resources!

Ohemaa Boateng, GTGK's Garden and Food Educator, has been partnering with teachers and students to produce a virtual classroom with various workshops.

They're offering numerous programs, with a popular one teaching students how to grow microgreens. GTGK provides a pea shoot growing kit for each student, and then once the pea shoots have grown, their nursing students deliver a nutrition workshop. The program incorporates social and emotional expression, as well as science and nutrition.

Sunday also highlighted their after-school online program for refugee kids that includes a mindfulness component, titled Lives Rewritten in Mind, Body & Spirit: tinyurl.com/LRMBS

GTGK has been engaging teachers and students through a mapping tool as well, specifically with garlic planting. They use an App called Garden Planner available through Mother Earth News. GTGK provides students with the garlic, and Ohemaa created a garlic planting video for teachers to play for the students. One teacher used the garlic planting to incorporate procedural writing too. GTGK also has an Urban Trees from Seed program that distributes kits to students.

Sunday says that they are conveying the importance and safety of outdoor education and being out on the school grounds (when the weather permits).

Access Sunday's Masters in Environmental Studies research paper here, which looks at implementing school community gardens in Ontario.

Andrew Fleet, Growing Chefs! Ontario, London - see Andrew's slides
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Growing Chefs! Ontario also worked quickly to adapt and move their food literacy content online to fulfill at least some of the programs they had already scheduled.

Originally, they had staff shooting videos on their phones that they were posting to a Facebook group. The interest and engagement was immediate: the group quickly grew from two dozen to almost 2,000.

As staff were able to come back in May, they were grateful to receive some funding to build a second program facility, which led to an impressive setup for live video broadcasting. (While it's been incredibly helpful, Andrew says you don't need this professional setup to offer a virtual program - the content is most important!) The setup consists of multiple camera angles, including an overhead camera, that can be switched seamlessly to offer helpful closeups for cooking instruction. Graphic and text capabilities that integrate into the live broadcast have also allowed them to cut down on printed materials. With this setup, they are offering live Zoom cooking classes as an after-school program, where children receive ingredient boxes at home to cook alongside detailed instruction.

Growing Chefs! Ontario has also developed a resource video section for parents and teachers, with topics including: getting started cooking with children; working with knives/safe choppers/peelers & graters; strategies for introducing new foods to your children/picky eaters; how to organize cooking activities for children of different ages; and dozens of instructional recipe videos.

This set-up has enabled them to create new partnerships and connect with more audiences that were previously out of reach. If you're interested in partnering with Growing Chefs! Ontario, get in touch with Andrew at andrew@growingchefsontario.ca

They have also developed lesson plans designed for JK-Grade 12, which will be available for teachers across the province on their new website, to launch soon. Pilot lessons that they gathered feedback on included lessons on food systems, edible art, worm composting, reducing food waste, growing a classroom garden, history of food preservation and more.

Leila Mireskandari, Kids' Growing City, GTA - see Leila's slides
leilam@kidsgrowingcity.ca
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While Kids' Growing City would normally be in schools delivering their garden programs and in-person teacher training, they were already active online prior to COVID, offering online classes, workshops and clubs since 2014.

But when schools closed down Kids' Growing City put the focus on their OASIS Box Subscription Club, which offers an online resource library for parents. (At the time of the webinar, they were serving 50 families.)

Parents who were also teachers then asked if they could use the material from the boxes when they began teaching online.

You can see numerous videos designed for parents and teachers on their website here: https://kidsgrowingcity.ca/

Kids' Growing City also put some money toward collaborating with teachers to develop an In-School Hybrid Program with interactive, hands-on lesson plans. This includes synchronous Zoom/Google classrooms, recorded lessons, and online teacher training, offering lesson plans with curriculum connections.

Leila pointed out that these new programs, lessons and collaborations will be able to live on post-COVID, reaching more schools and teachers!

Access Leila's Masters research paper here, which looked at obstacles and solutions to school gardening.

Elle spoke to Parkdale Food Centre's educational Growing Futures program, and how they have been retooling their program since September.

Understanding that teachers are in need of content, they began making educational videos with their phones, tripods and some inexpensive video-editing software they taught themselves how to use. The content is focused around food justice and accessing good food.

They offer two one-hour sessions on back-to-back days. On day one, teachers show a pre-recorded video made by Parkdale (with built-in pauses for pacing), and the students are given a hand-out for individual reflection and prompts for class discussion. The hand-outs have worked really well and give students time to work at their own pace. On day two, they show a pre-recorded video of a local food leader (like a farmer or a chef), and then provide the students with meal kits to put together at their desk, alongside video instruction. They then conclude with a live check-in / Q&A.

Recognizing it's hard to connect through a screen, Elle and her co-worker Karin have really put effort into making the videos fun and engaging for students.

Like all of our speakers, they've been receiving great feedback from the online content. In addition to more easily reaching more students, another benefit has been increased evaluation opportunities. They have more time in the live video portion to gather rich feedback and they are also able to draw evaluation through the student handouts.

All speakers demonstrated there is no doubt a demand for educational resources. Teachers and parents are excited to have new content to deliver, and students are eager to grow, cook, eat and learn about good food. It's inspiring to see the ingenuity of these organizations and individuals so quickly retool their programs to keep students engaged in food education.

The Q&A portion begins at 00:46.10, where our speakers shared a bit more on challenges, funding, future plans, and tips (tips like: keep lessons clear, simple, and targeted at your specific audience).

We encourage you to watch the full webinar recording and check out each of the websites linked to above, where you'll find some of their educational resources.

Thank you again to all of our speakers, and thank you to all who joined us and shared their ideas as well!

If you're interested in learning more about how we can advance food literacy education during these times, be sure to join us on January 20, 2021, for another webinar.

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Author: Sustain Ontario Categories: Edible Education Network / Good Food Ideas for Kids / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario / Schools Given all of the restrictions in schools due to COVID-19, school food champions in Ontario are doing what they can to figure out how to continue to advance food literacy programs. Sustain Ontario's Edible Education Network hosted a lively webinar on November 17, 2020, to discuss School Food Programming in Ontario in a time of COVID-19, with a particular focus on food literacy education.

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Educational Workbooks

Engage the children in your care with these educational and entertaining workbooks: learn about the process of planting a seed, taking care of it and watching it grow into food to nourish our friends and families. The workbooks are available in English and French for two different primary grade age groups.
Note: A PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat or Preview for Mac is required to view the workbooks.
Ages 5-7 (Grade K/1)

Children will learn what happens before a seed is planted and all of the basics for the life cycle of a plant.

Ages 7-9 (Grade 2/3)

Children will learn what happens before a seed is planted and all of the basics for the life cycle of a plant.

Michael & Megan's Games

The games below are all free, fun and inspired by the children's stories of Plant a Seed & See What Grows and What to Do with What You Grew by Roland Gahler. The games should work on any computing device from desktop and laptop computers to tablets and mobile phones.

Colouring Book

The pages of What to Do with What You Grew are blank! Choose from 24 colours to add life to these twelve different images. Online pictures can be printed before or after they're coloured. If you prefer, you can download a PDF colouring book.

Colour Online Download PDF Colouring Book

Catch Sack Game

Catch as many organic veggies in your sack as you can before time runs out. Be careful to avoid the beetles that are out to harm your garden!

Puzzle Fun - The Tile Game

Our pictures are all jumbled up! Sort the tiles to put the puzzle back together again. It's easy and fun, but we've added some levels that will challenge even the best puzzle star!

For Parents
Michael & Megan's Kids Corner is also a gateway to encourage further exploration:

Trace the pathway from a seed to a serving of food on your own table

Visit a farmers' market or local grocery store and discover what happens with plants after they're harvested

Visit a local farm to learn about how plants are grown and harvested as crops, and how a farm is operated

Learn about various nutrition labels such as organic or non-GMO on products in your own kitchen and what they tell us

Support your existing school/community garden program or be part of a movement to establish such gardens

Discover the many places seeds can be grown from the classroom, to back/front yards, to containers/living walls/balconies, to greenhouses and farms

Talk about concepts such as: healthy eating; eating locally; backyard/urban farming

The list is limited only by your child's interest and imagination.

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Providing your school with tools to help engage children in planting activities right in the classroom.

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Marvelous things can come from the tiniest of seeds. Witness the quintessential beauty of a buttercup or the power of a mighty oak. Both started with a tiny seed, a little moisture and a spoonful of sunshine.

The same is true with children.

The simplest of learning experiences can inspire them for a lifetime. One of the most rewarding experiences for a child is to discover the wonder of gently planting a seed, eagerly waiting for it to sprout, and then excitedly seeing the seedling burst up through the dirt.

It's mesmerizing. All their senses are captivated. It stirs within them a sense of pride,

accomplishment and a feeling of importance. It's a priceless moment. Unfortunately, too few children get to live such moments.

It is our commitment to create opportunities for thousands of children to experience first-hand the wonders of the natural world around them.

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Marvelous things can come from the tiniest of seeds. Witness the quintessential beauty of a buttercup or the power of a mighty oak. Both started with a tiny seed, a little moisture and a spoonful of sunshine. The same is true with children. The simplest of learning experiences can inspire them for a lifetime.

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Outils pour les enseignants

Vous travaillez auprès des jeunes et vous souhaitez leur offrir des activités d'éducation alimentaire ? Savez-vous qu'en plus de leur transmettre des connaissances en nutrition et des compétences culinaires, vous pouvez enrichir leur littératie alimentaire, et ainsi les aider à devenir des citoyens plus éclairés ?

Qu'est-ce que la littératie alimentaire ?

Pour que les jeunes deviennent de véritables acteurs de leur alimentation, plutôt que de simples consommateurs, ils ont besoin de savoir planifier et cuisiner, mais aussi de se poser les bonnes questions et de développer un regard critique sur le monde agroalimentaire. D'où viennent les aliments, comment sont-ils produits, transformés, emballés, publicisés, distribués, consommés ? Quel est leur impact sur l'environnement, sur la santé et sur la société ? C'est en développant leur littératie alimentaire que les jeunes trouvent les réponses à ces questions. Survol non exhaustif des ateliers scolaires, des guides et des formations qui permettent d'initier les jeunes à ces réalités multiples.
Téléchargez notre dossier spécial sur la littératie alimentaire
(NDLR : Certaines des ressources présentées dans cet article sont gratuites, d'autres sont payantes, mais souvent offertes à prix compétitif. Pour obtenir une information à jour sur les offres de services et les tarifs, consultez directement les sites des organismes concernés.)

Des ressources pour découvrir le monde agroalimentaire

Des racines autour du monde est un guide pédagogique produit par le projet Nourrir la citoyenneté d'Alternatives. Il propose une série d'activités éducatives, pratiques, critiques, et créatives qui invitent les élèves des trois cycles du primaire à découvrir et à réfléchir aux enjeux relatifs à l'agriculture urbaine. Au-delà du cheminement pédagogique " de la terre à l'assiette ", Alternatives promeut une culture de l'engagement et de la solidarité.

Fous de nature offre des ateliers scolaires qui invitent les enfants à développer leur sentiment d'appartenance au monde vivant grâce à des ateliers dynamiques et interactifs sur le thème de l'agriculture durable, en classe ou dans le cadre de visites à la ferme. Pour les élèves de la maternelle à la troisième année du secondaire. ($)

Le projet Écoles enracinées, porté par Équiterre, vise à créer des ponts entre les écoles et les producteurs locaux. Cette formule bien rodée permet aux écoles, aux services de garde éducatifs à l'enfance et aux organismes communautaires de mener une campagne de financement axée sur l'éducation à une alimentation saine, locale et écoresponsable.
À lire dans 100°: Campagnes de financement : le projet Écoles enracinées poursuit son déploiement

École-O-Champ offre des services d'animation en classe dans les régions suivantes : Laurentides, Lanaudière, Montréal, Montérégie et Outaouais. ($)
À lire dans 100°: Valérie Toupin-Dubé: la passion de l'agriculture et de l'éducation expérientielle

Le cahier d'activités Tous au marché ! aborde les enjeux des aliments locaux et de saison, les aliments frais ou transformés, le gaspillage et l'emballage à travers des jeux comme le charivari, les mots croisés les dessins à colorier, ainsi qu'un rallye dans un marché public. Pour les enfants de la maternelle au primaire.
L'agriculture ma voisine est un outil pédagogique consacré au monde de la mise en marché des produits agroalimentaires de proximité. Produit par le Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec, il s'adresse aux enseignants du 3e cycle du primaire et s'arrime aux exigences du Programme de formation de l'école québécoise.
Le site web d'Agriculture en classe Canada contient une mine d'informations qui vous permettront de satisfaire la curiosité de vos élèves. Il propose, par exemple une série de fiches informatives qui permettent d'explorer certains sujets d'actualité comme l'agriculture biologique, la santé animale, les protéines végétales et animales.

Formations pour les enseignants, éducatrices et autres intervenants

Vous souhaitez offrir des activités d'éducation alimentaire à vos élèves, mais vous ne vous sentez pas suffisamment outillé pour le faire ? Avez-vous besoin à suivre une formation dispensée par un organisme spécialisé ?

Les Ateliers cinq épices offrent une formation aux enseignants et éducatrices qui souhaitent animer des ateliers culinaires dans les milieux scolaires et de garde. Les ateliers, qui sont axés sur le plaisir, la découverte et l'expérimentation, sont destinés aux enfants de 2 à 12 ans. ($)

École-O-Champ propose la formation Escouade végétale. Il s'agit d'une introduction à l'horticulture et à la mise en place d'un potager éducatif. Elle est destinée aux enseignants, aux travailleurs spécialisés en milieux éducatifs et aux animateurs de camp qui travaillent auprès d'enfants de de 5 à 14 ans. École-O-Champ est situé à Oka, et offre une panoplie d'autres services de formation et d'animation. ($)

Croquarium propose des formations en jardinage éducatif et pédagogique et en éducation sensorielle au goût. ($)

Croquarium donne également des formations gratuites dans les écoles socioéconomiquement défavorisées (indice 8 à 10) qui souhaitent intégrer le jardinage pédagogique et l'éducation au goût. Il reste 12 places dans ce programme, financé par le Plan d'action interministériel 2017-2021 de la Politique gouvernementale de prévention en santé du gouvernement du Québec.

Cuisiner et découvrir les aliments à l'école
Parmi les organismes qui animent des ateliers culinaires à l'école, on compte :
Cuisiner et jardiner au camp de jour

La Fondation Tremplin Santé offre plusieurs ressources gratuites pour soutenir les camps d'été désirant mettre en place des activités culinaires ou de jardinage :

Outils pédagogiques

Cuisiner en famille

Conçue par l'entreprise d'économie sociale 1, 2, 3... je cuisine!, C'est moi le chef! est une série de 7 ateliers parent-enfant (6 à 11 ans) qui sera offerte en ligne et en direct à partir du 13 janvier : Les sessions sont axées sur des recettes qui privilégient les fruits et légumes de saison du Québec, qui ont été testées et approuvées par les enfants. ($)

Le programme Boite à lunch du Dépôt partage des recettes de collation et de lunch et les recettes préférées des jeunes.

Dans le blogue de la Fondation OLO, les parents trouveront des jeux et outils pour explorer les aliments avec leurs enfants, des recettes et une foule d'informations pratiques sur l'alimentation au quotidien.

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Des ressources pour développer la littératie alimentaire des jeunes | 100°

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Vous travaillez auprès des jeunes et vous souhaitez leur offrir des activités d'éducation alimentaire ? Savez-vous qu'en plus de leur transmettre des connaissances en nutrition et des compétences culinaires, vous pouvez enrichir leur littératie alimentaire, et ainsi les aider à devenir des citoyens plus éclairés ? Qu'est-ce que la littératie alimentaire ?

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Fun activities that provide opportunities for families or informal groups to learn together, while encouraging love for nature and the environment.

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Get the best gardening ideas for kids right in your inbox.

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Start your program off with a plan to sustain your garden into the future.

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Create & Sustain a Program - KidsGardening

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Youth rallied around the world in 2019, making it the year of global climate strikes. About six million protesters walked out of their classrooms and workplaces in a week of organized strikes and demonstrations in late September, calling on governments to address the escalating ecological emergency.

People's frustration at the inaction of political leaders and corporations on the climate crisis is clear. But what more is needed if we are serious about striking to " disrupt the system," as climate activists like Greta Thunberg have called for?

This need to disrupt and re-imagine our society sits at the core of our work addressing climate change and education in the faculty of education at McGill University. One practical project to realize this aim is a community partnership approach to developing and supporting school-community gardens. Through this project and others, we hope to transform Québec's education system to better prepare students (and ourselves) for a fast-changing and uncertain world.

(Blane Harvey), Author provided

Learning across settings

Proponents of what's called "systems leadership" argue that leaders must help people collaborate across different systems to tackle complex challenges like climate change. They stress the need for deep listening and efforts to see through others' eyes that encourages the openness needed to allow new ways to emerge.

Fundamental transformation is needed to address the looming impacts of climate change. This transformation needs more than education, research or government policies alone.

Read more: Teaching young people what really matters for the sake of our collective life on Earth

Rather, we need strategies for harnessing our collective wisdom and learning together across settings and disciplines. Collaboration between the private sector, members of the wider public and researchers is imperative.

Unfortunately, many of our institutions remain siloed, hierarchical and therefore ill-equipped for the collaboration and flexibility needed to drive collective change. How then can we proceed? Based on recent research and experimentation, we see two closely related paths forward.

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Focus on bright spots

Large systems challenges like climate change are often likened to icebergs - daunting in their size and difficult to appraise. By shifting focus to smaller, more tangible challenges or bright spots, we can cultivate the relationships, ways of working and insights that can help us tackle larger challenges.

School gardens are a way of engaging students in experiential learning about their environments, food production and global environmental change. Many teachers, like their students, are keen to bring climate change and sustainability tools and topics into their classrooms. But they're limited by a lack of financial and administrative support, a lack of preparation for teaching these issues and a lack of clarity on how their efforts fit into highly standardized curricular requirements.

As a result, these efforts are often relegated to extracurricular or optional activities led by a small number of educators doing it out of their own conviction (not to mention with their own time and money).

School-Community Garden Institute

Partnering with LEARN Québec, we co-host the School-Community Garden Institute. Gatherings bring together teachers, educational support workers, researchers, non-profits and businesses from around Montréal to share knowledge and resources on how to establish and sustain a garden.

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Participants who joined were interested in expanding and improving their gardens, their partnerships and deepening knowledge of using gardens for learning and teaching. They wanted to connect with others with similar interests.

The meetings foster mutual learning and collaboration. Participants examine the many dimensions of school-community gardens that must fit together to ensure success: fundraising, community engagement, planting and tending to the garden, planning lessons, developing curriculum and more.

Peer-to-peer problem solving

We share examples of what's going well. In facilitated peer-to-peer problem solving sessions, attendees from quite different contexts bring their collective knowledge to bear on real-world challenges. We host these events at McGill University using the faculty's community garden as a collective space for knowledge exchange and innovation.

These collaborations have generated much richer understandings of the realities faced by those bringing gardens to life. They've also advanced a shared commitment to grow the conversation.

Together we've addressed strategic challenges like funding, engaging other teachers and community partners, as well as practical issues like building raised garden beds. Participants' roles evolve from seasoned expert in one moment to curious learner in another.

Universities as innovation brokers

As the case of our garden institute illustrates, Canadian universities enjoy the networks, public trust, infrastructure and convening power needed to facilitate knowledge sharing and to scale up collective action.

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Our work seeks to promote a model where universities serve as community meeting places that bring together diverse sources of knowledge and experience to catalyze collective action - as " innovation brokers."

Innovation brokers create and influence contexts to facilitate mutual learning and innovation. They strive to connect like-minded partners, stimulate out-of-the-box thinking and encourage mutual learning and knowledge exchange among people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to work together.

Re-thinking how universities work

For universities to become innovation brokers in significant ways, however, we must rethink how universities work. Universities will need to move from being the main architects of innovation to being brokers of diverse knowledge.

Policy-makers, administrators and researchers will need to tackle what are now barriers and disincentives to more diverse, interdisciplinary and engaged forms of research. Such barriers are now embedded in how universities recruit, fund and promote people. For instance, many universities still tend to discount the value of contributing to projects led by community partners. And some fields assign higher status to sole-authored research than to collaboratively written publications.

These changes will also mean, crucially, educating future scholars in new ways of thinking about the role of science and the university in society .

The seeds of change found in small projects can show us the shape that future systems might take, but the task of transforming the relationships, values and incentives that define success in academia still remains. Much work is still needed for universities, schools and communities to work together to grow our sustainable futures.
The authors would like to acknowledge community partner Ben Loomer at LEARN for the important contributions he has made to the initiatives described above.

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School-community gardens plant the seeds of change to address global warming

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Links of the various workshops including a presentation and an exchange between participants and facilitators.
Jardinage 101:

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In the summer of 2020, we organized several online webinars to help you get started in the garden. You will find here the links of the various workshops including a presentation and an exchange between participants and facilitators.
Jardinage 101:
https://youtu.be/05qfa-aovbU Sol, fertilisation et les 3 soeurs: https://youtu.be/tRbpLQze20E
Insectes et maladies de nos légumes:
https://youtu.be/9gm4JDt4yTY Author: Carole-Anne Lapierre

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Online Webinars - Summer 2020 - Ça pousse!

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Petites pousses deviendront grandes! In the summer of 2020, we organized several online webinars to help you get started in the garden. You will find here the links of the various workshops including a presentation and an exchange between participants and facilitators. Jardinage 101: Insectes et maladies de nos légumes: ...

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Experts at creating green spaces
in urban settings/Experts dans la construction
d'espaces verts en ville

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Ça pousse! Agriculture urbaine | Ateliers pédagogiques | Aménagement d'espaces verts Agriculture Urbaine Experts dans la construction d'espaces verts en ville Ça pousse! a été créé pour répondre à la demande croissante pour l'agriculture urbaine à Montréal. Nous construisons des jardins personnalisés pour des institutions variées, et nous offrons également des ateliers pédagogiques engageants.

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Fête des semences de Montréal // Montreal Seed Festival 

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Fête des semences de Montréal // Montreal Seed Festival

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Gardening event by Cultiver Montréal on Wednesday, February 3 2021 with 20K people interested and 3.9K people going. 30 posts in the discussion.

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Research on pedagogical gardens in Quebec 

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AU/LAB est un laboratoire de recherche, d'innovation et d'intervention en agriculture urbaine au service des communautés. C'est un lieu de réflexion inter-universitaire et international sur l'urbanité et l'alimentation. AU/LAB est membre de l'Institut des sciences de l'environnement de l'UQÀM.

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Enseignantes, enseignants, parents, jardiniers, jardinières, débutants ou initiés, bienvenues sur Jardiner mon école ! N'hésitez pas à creusez chacune de nos sections afin d'y cueillir toutes les informations dont vous avez besoin ! Promenez-vous également dans les jardins que nous avons visité afin de vous inspirez !
Bonne visite, et bon jardinage !

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Enseignantes, enseignants, parents, jardiniers, jardinières, débutants ou initiés, bienvenues sur Jardiner mon école ! N'hésitez pas à creusez chacune de nos sections afin d'y cueillir toutes les informations dont vous avez besoin ! Promenez-vous également dans les jardins que nous avons visité afin de vous inspirez ! Bonne visite, et bon jardinage !

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La question du financement ne s'improvise pas
Quelles dépenses dans un jardin pédagogique ?
Pensez bien à budgétiser tous les postes de dépenses de votre jardin pédagogique dès le départ. Monter un jardin dans une école, ou dans une autre structure, demande des moyens, notamment du matériel pour mettre en place le jardin, mais pensez aussi aux dépenses pour le futur :

Matériel de travail du sol : bêche, pelle, etc.

Matériel d'arrosage : arrosoirs (des petits pour les tous petits), tuyaux, récupérateur d'eau de pluie, etc.

Matériel de culture : pots, cellules pour semis, bacs si jardin hors-sol (ou smart pot, etc.), etc.

Graines et plants

Livres pédagogiques sur les jardins

Salaire du coordinateur et/ou de l'animateur horticole, s'il y en a un.

Comment trouver des aides financières ?

Une fois estimé le budget sur plusieurs années, il ne vous reste plus qu'à trouver du financement afin d'assurer la durabilité du projet.

La plupart des jardins pédagogiques déjà en place reçoivent un soutien de leur école.

Un tel projet va souvent de pair avec les idées de communautarisme, d'échange et de partage, n'hésitez pas faites appel au bénévolat pour les gros travaux, aux dons pour les graines et les plants.

Pour tout ce qui concerne le matériel, le recyclage et la récupération sont de rigueur, communiquez sur vos besoins auprès des familles, des enseignants ou d'organismes locaux; les ressources disponibles sont souvent immenses ; de plus cela permet de mobiliser la communauté autour de votre projet !

Un jardin pédagogique a aussi besoin de fonds, sollicitez les familles pour une contribution, montez des dossiers de subvention auprès de la ville ou la de la municipalité, répondez à des dossiers de bourse sur l'enseignement de l'environnement et de l'alimentation aux enfants comme le Programme Croque santé. Un dossier de demande de subvention doit au moins reprendre la description du projet, en insistant sur les impacts du projet pour les élèves et pour la communauté.

Inspirez-vous des jardins pédagogiques du site afin de saisir toutes les opportunités de financement qui s'offrent à vous.

Ensuite, soyez inventifs en organisant des activités de financement dans le jardin, vendez des semis, vos surplus de légumes, etc....

Mais surtout démarrez un jardin qui correspond aux ressources que vous avez, et agrandissez selon les nouvelles ressources obtenues. Toutefois, n'oubliez pas que plus le jardin est grand plus les ressources nécessaires seront importantes...surtout le temps.

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Quelles dépenses dans un jardin pédagogique ? Pensez bien à budgétiser tous les postes de dépenses de votre jardin pédagogique dès le départ.

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Canadian group with great resources and ideas

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Check out our newest resource:

Plants, People and Climate Change

A journey of climate change education through the world of plants!

The Plants, People and Climate Change resource provides teachers with easy-to-use activites, animated videos, and student worksheets that explore climate change science, personal reflection and storytelling through the tangible lens of plants, soil, gardens and natural habitats.

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Check out our newest resource: Plants, People and Climate Change A journey of climate change education through the world of plants! The Plants, People and Climate Change resource provides teachers with easy-to-use activites, animated videos, and student worksheets that explore climate change science, personal reflection and storytelling through the tangible lens of plants, soil, gardens and natural habitats.

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Gardening Project Map created in the early 1980s by Vicki Greenhouse for her 2nd & 3rd grade students in Lincoln, Vermont. Orginally published in Life Lab's The Growing Classroom in 1982, Slow Food USA's School Garden Guide in 2013

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Life Lab resources - a great place to start

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Life Lab resources - a great place to start

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Life Lab, is a national leader in the garden-based learning movement.

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Join us online for a fun family friendly "Gifts From The Garden" Webinar on November 30th at 4pm! Learn to create your own nature based holiday gifts. Life Lab staff will share tried and true crafts that we have made in our youth garden programs including rolled beeswax candles, pressed leaf & flower creations, and more! 🌸Register at LifeLab.org/events

Fall 2020 updates. Stay tuned for NEW Life Lab developments coming soon! #sharingiscaring #change #reimagine #RENEW

🚨 Happening Today 🚨

We are grateful for the opportunity to invite you to a FREE Life Lab
screening of this important and beautiful film.

Today, October 30th at 7pm PST

Gather ( Gather ), is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty and land rights, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. With regenerative agriculture and permaculture gaining national attention, it is more important than ever to recognize the tremendous innovations and contributions of Indigenous communities and practices. We are grateful Gather has become a key part of these discussions.

To view the screening this Friday, October 30th at 7pm, please make sure that you have RSVP'd via the Storyspaces screening platform link below.

story-spaces.com/events/gather-behyat

In the face of the myriad challenges of 2020, all of you in SGSOs across the country are innovating in creative and inspiring ways to sustain and enhance garden education for their students. We are eager for other SGSOs to learn from you!💚

We want to honor the time and expertise you all bring to the table and, therefore, with generous support from Whole Kids Foundation we are so pleased to be able to provide stipends for peoples' contributions to these Working Groups.🌱

This year's SGSO Institute is open to newcomers and SGSO Institute Alumni! Applications are due Nov 6, 2020.
To learn more about this exciting opportunity and apply, visit: lifelab.org/sgso

The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is proudly celebrating five years of supporting nonprofits that teach students and communities about the goodness of fresh ingredients. This year, the Foundation awarded more than 110 Neighborhood Grants to nonprofit organizations, with Life Lab being one of them!

We are grateful for the continued support from Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation. Life Lab is honored to have been chosen as a recipient of the Neighborhood Grants. Our partnership reflects Sprouts Farmers Market 's core values of education, environmental stewardship, and nutrition.

With this support we have been able to launch and sustain BackPocketLearning.org, a robust directory of easy to use activities that require no screen time, promote healthy eating and inspires creativity. This site is perfect for teachers and parents alike! BackPocketLearning.org has garnished over 7k users from all over the world, in almost every continent, since our launch in April.

Sprouts Farmers Market

#sproutsfarmersmarket #MyLifelab #local #nonprofit

🌱 Join the SGSO Leadership Institute 🌱

Every year, we host a School Garden Support Organization Leadership Institute to provide an opportunity for school garden professionals from across the country to collaborate, learn from one another, and develop resources to share with a national audience. Collectively, SGSO Institute participants have improved their own work while also sharing ideas and resources to help others do the same.

In the face of the myriad challenges of 2020, all of you in SGSOs across the country are innovating in creative and inspiring ways to sustain and enhance garden education for their students. We are eager for other SGSOs to learn from you! With generous support from Whole Kids Foundation , we are pleased to be able to provide stipends for peoples' contributions to these Working Groups.

This year's SGSO Institute is open to newcomers and SGSO Institute Alumni!

🚨 Applications are due November 6, 2020 🚨

To learn more about this exciting opportunity and apply, visit: lifelab.org/sgso

Life Lab celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day with special recognition of the land on which our gardens grow and by sharing beautiful family friendly resources highlighting indigenous storytelling and efforts of Native peoples to reclaim food sovereignty, cultural identity, and native land stewardship.

The Life Lab Land Acknowledgement, now shared at all formal gatherings in our Garden Classroom on the UCSC campus:

"The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma."

*Land acknowledgement developed in partnership with the
Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun
Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.

Learn more about the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and the
www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org/

Life Lab is honored to support the film, GATHER ( Gather) with a
FREE virtual screening on October 30th at 7pm

📷 credit: Amah Mutsun Land Trust website

Looking for some #garden #joy? Join us for a sweet sharing of Life Lab Reimagined: program updates, inspired learning, and community at our Fall Benefit this Saturday at 10:30am 🌱Register at Lifelab.org/fallbenefit 🌱Learn about our New Curriculum, New Life Lab Educator Certification Program, New Staff, and New Garden Additions👀Plus all the beautiful work we're doing to support school garden education locally and nationally🌻Participants are automatically eligible to win a raffle prize courtesy of @synergyclothing ❤️ #schoolgarden #education #kisstheground #teachtheyouth #landstewardship #fundraiser

It's Harvest Festival Week🌻happening virtually October 5-10th. A collaboration between the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems UCSC CASFS Farm Life Lab​, and students of UCSC Food Systems Working Group
Mark your calendar! The week-long series is full of fun virtual activities for all ages, with live streamed musical performances, a lecture on agroecology from a panel of experts, and ending the week with Life Lab's #Funtastic Fall Benefit highlighting new program updates and staff/garden additions. Register at www.LifeLab.org/fallbenefit

Visit bit.ly/ucscharvestfest for a complete schedule of events and registration instructions.

Monday, October 5
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Life Lab Backyard Chickens Q&A

Tuesday, October 6
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Saving Seeds, Sustaining Our Communities

Wednesday, October 7
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
The evolution of agroecology as a practice, a research discipline, and a social movement

7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Nurture Yourselves With Nature!

Thursday, October 8
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cider Donut Workshop and The Everything Apple Panel

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Celebrating Queers and Nature

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Giant Green Anemone! Going Deep Into Local Tide Pool Explorations

Friday, October 9
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Planting Seeds For Success: Community Connections to Water Your Garden for Wellness!

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
What is the Food Systems Working Group and what does it do?

5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Rachel Carson Garden Cooking + Poetry Workshop/Mic!

Saturday, October 10
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Life Lab Fall Benefit Gathering
#schoolgardens #gardeneducation #lifelab #harvest #gratitude

Happy weekend everyone ☀️Enjoy this sweet share of the UCSC Farm featuring Life Lab 🌱and our chickens! 🐓We look forward to sharing more with all of you as part of our upcoming Fall Benefit on October 10th. Register at Lifelab.org/fallbenefit youtu.be/uEAv4SabLoA

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Life Lab " Blog Archive " Garden Pathways

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Join us online for a fun family friendly "Gifts From The Garden" Webinar on November 30th at 4pm! Learn to create your own nature based holiday gifts. Life Lab staff will share tried and true crafts that we have made in our youth garden programs including rolled beeswax candles, pressed leaf & flower creations, and more!