Here is a photo of Greg at 811X this morning, helping to prepare for the Healthy Snack Program kickoff. The school was awarded a BIG check from Apples4ed to get the program started. More photos to come!
Congratulations to 370K’s Margaret Negrelli for being awarded New York Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year! To read more about her work with the Garden Gladiators and Zero Waste Warriors at the Jim Thorpe School, check out the article here.
A teacher who came to the District 75 Blogging workshop has created a food/cooking blog entitled Learn.Prepare.Cook. Please take a look and you will be inspired.
What is happening in your school garden? What are you planting? What are you cooking? How are you composting? What workshops are you going to? Send us an update about your garden with a photo or two and we will share it here! Don’t forget to check the Grow to Learn NYC calendar for upcoming events like seed, seedling, and insect giveaways- and much more.
Okra, green Creole vegetable
Okra is a small green vegetable that gets a tad slimy when cooked, and is delicious pickled. It is very popular in New Orleans’ creole and cajun cuisines. A vegetable seller in New Orleans who drove his cart around town went by the name of “Mr. Okra.”
Mr. Okra, vegetable peddler
Recently, Mr. Okra passed away; his legacy lives on.
Mr. Q at 993Q shared this photo of their new aquaponics system at MS 73. Big thank you to Mr. Eddy and the teachers at 811X for their inspiration!
Congratulations to 53K @ Spring Creek for being in the TOP 5 Youth Garden Grant winners over 800 schools that applied! Here is the link to read more about the grant and Kid’s Gardening organization: 2018 Kid’s Gardening Youth Garden Grant winners. Spring Creek, we can’t wait to see the fruits of your labor.
Last Friday, we had a full day PD for teachers- all about composting! Here are some photos of Greg, our in-house Master Composter, leading the group at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden . Many thanks to BBG and the Master Composters for having us!
Here is a photo of the inimitable Ms. Maura Flanagan from 373K being interviewed for the film. Check out her aquaponics set-up in the background and seed saving station in the foreground. Now, this is what a green classroom looks like! 
Check out this new film that profiles two of our PLG schools and their incredible stories. Here is the link to the film and a short blurb about it. Enjoy!
Plant, Learn, Grow is a profile of two schools in New York City located in “Food Deserts,” areas where it is difficult to find fresh, healthy produce. One school is located in the South Bronx, and one school in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The students deal with more than lack of healthy food. They are challenged with intellectual, communication, and emotional issues. This is the story of the gardens they built, the food they grew, and the impact this rich harvest had on the students and their communities.
d75plantlearngrow.com 