24H newspaper has a very interesting article regarding
school gardens!
Soon after Delta announced its plan to have a school garden
for every school by the end of this year, Vancouver School Board (VSB)
reaffirmed its goal of making schools more sustainable through every school
growing their own vegetable garden.
The food produce is used in Foods classes or is sold to help
keep the programs running, as all funding is from public and private grants.
Kevin Millsip, VSB’s sustainability coordinator, has
connected with the Park’s Board and Nutritionists from Vancouver Coastal Health
to provide fruit trees and help plan healthy meals at schools.
Vancouver Technical and David Thompson Secondary School are
leaders in this endeavour, as they have partnered with the non-profit group “Fresh Roots” and each have a farm the
size of 5 tennis courts!
UBC’s Dr. Alejandro Rojas and his
team are in the final stages of completing a 5 year project “Think & Eat Green @ School” in
partnership with VSB. The project looks at building healthy and sustainable
school food systems.
Photo: 24 Hours
For the full 24H article: click here
To check out Think & Eat Green @ Schools: click here
