Raising Spring Greens

This summer, we will bring our garden programs to three schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul. We need your support to provide our summer drop-in garden programs for free to neighborhood children and families. Our goal is to raise $2,000 to fund our summer drop-in garden program. Can you chip in $5, $30, or $100 to help us reach our goal?

This past year has been challenging for us all as we adapted to new ways of teaching, learning, and living amid a global pandemic. Students learning at home for much of the year got less physical activity and ate more packaged, processed food. This combination can lead to health issues, which some doctors and public health professionals have already noticed in the form of an increase in the number of overweight and obese children (The Childhood Obesity Crisis Started Before the COVID-19. The Pandemic Has Made It Much Worse).

This is why our healthy eating programming is needed--now more than ever. Kids need to get back into school gardens, rebuild their relationships with food, and reestablish healthy eating habits. Our immersive food experiences inspire kids to eat well and guide them in building healthy habits they can bring into the lunchroom, home to share with their families, and with them for the rest of their lives.  

As we look ahead to a more normal school year next year, we look forward to getting back into classrooms and school gardens and resuming our in-person food education lessons, treasured by students and teachers alike—and much needed after a challenging year of distance learning.

In the meantime, we're asking for your help to raise $2,000 to provide our summer drop-in garden program to students and families free of charge this summer. Can you chip in $5, $30, or $100 to help us reach our goal?

With gratitude, 

Uli, Katya, and Bonnie