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Agriculture in the Classroom
National Resource Directory
Alice Ferguson Foundation Maryland
American Community Gardening Association
American Horticultural Society
Boston Schoolyard Initiative
California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
California School Garden Network
Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems
University of California Santa Cruz
Center for Ecoliteracy
Education for Sustainable Living: Seminars, programs, grants
Chicago Botanic Garden
Community Gardening Programs
Center for Teaching and Learning Programs
Chicago Wilderness Leave No Child Inside Chicagoland
Children's Garden Network Rhode Island
City Blossoms Washington DC
City Green Ringwood, NJ
Dedicated to creating urban community, youth and school gardens in northern New Jersey’s cities to enrich the lives of inner city residents, while cultivating education in public health, nutrition and the environment.
CitySeed New Haven, Conn.
CitySprouts Cambridge, Mass.
Cornell University Garden-Based Learning
Cultivating Community Portland, Maine
Using organic, sustainable practices to grow food in community and school gardens and at partnering farms for those who are most vulnerable.
D.C. Schoolyard Greening Washington, D.C.
Farm To School
Green Education Foundation / Green Thumb Challenge 2010
Provides environmental education resources for Pre K-12 classrooms and youth groups nationwide. Green Thumb Challenge is calling on schools and youth groups nationwide to plant 10,000 classroom and outdoor gardens from Feb 1 through Aug 31, 2010. Register to receive a $10 off a $50 purchase at Lowe's, and the opportunity to be awarded a $5,000 grant in recognition of their garden project.
GreenNetChicago.org
Green Teacher Network
Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom
Illinois Farm Bureau
Illinois Urban Extension Just for Kids gardening activities
Junior Master Gardener
Curricula, Literature, How-To
Kentucky School Garden Network
Working to create vibrant, sustainable, edible gardens in every public, independent and parochial school in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
KidsGardening.org / National Gardening Association
Lake County Farm Bureau Grayslake, Ill.
Lansing (Mich.) Youth Gardening Coalition
Providing support and resources to youth gardens in the Greater Lansing area.
Liberty Prairie Conservancy Grayslake, Ill.
Macomb County School Garden Initiative Michigan
Morton Arboretum Lisle, Ill.
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Outdoor Learning Environments Resource List
Project Learning Tree
Award-winning environmental education program
Slow Food in the Schools - Slow Food USA
Garden-to-Table projects providing meaningful, hands-on food experiences and education to K-12 students
San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance
Share Our Strength
A national organization working to ensure no child in America grows up hungry
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Tampa Bay School Gardening Network
The Garden School Spartanburg, S.C.
The Food Project Greater Boston
A national model of engaging young people in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture
University of
Common Ground Garden Program
Urban Sprouts San Francisco
Washington Youth Garden at U.S. National Arboretum Washington DC
