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Photo Post by nymia amey

01/13 @ 04:58pm

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This year we're hoping our garden is even better than last year! Now that we have more knowledge and more help from our little gardeners and our local nurseries, we think it will grow to be quite impressive.
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Why School Gardens?
  • The majority of America’s children go without eating one serving of fruits and vegetables each day.
    - Center for Disease Control, 2009
  • Thirty percent of US children are obese; half are overweight.
    - American Journal of Medicine
  • This is the first generation of Americans at risk of having a lower life expectancy than their parents.
    - American Journal of Medicine
Our Mission
  • To plant and sustain a fruit and vegetable garden in every willing Arizona and California school.

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