Coming to Your Online Educational Space in 2024
We envision our children as powerful catalysts for positive social change. We seek to empower them with a new way of looking at their world: through the eyes of a seed. We are designing a series of curricula that is robust: offering K-12 learning modules on topics such as seed saving, regenerative organic agriculture and healthy soil practices, growing food, preserving food naturally, as well as cultivating and cooking indigenous heritage heirlooms to the americas such as corn, beans, and squash.
While we are fortunate to live in a time and place where garden-based curriculums are abundant, we would like to add a piece of the puzzle that is often missing: saving the seeds from garden crops to plant again next year and incorporating that into a larger food systems and earth-impact-awareness lens.
Instead of showing the plant life cycle from seed to harvest, we want students to discover the entire cycle, from seed to seed. We also want to open the minds of our youth the the importance of local food, carbon footprint, and the powerful impact their everyday small decisions an have on our climate.
And since we hopped onto our soapbox, we couldn't resist leaning into the importance of place and the acknowledgement of those who have lived on the land where we now live. We endeavor to honor them by sharing their wisdom. Our materials about native seed heritage, as well as time honored cultural practices around the foods those seeds created, are an offering to empower youth to embrace both their own culture as well as to be able to see the world from a multicultural perspective.
If you would like to coordinate a visit to our farm and/or have us come to your classroom to share our speciality curriculum for middle school and based on the STEAM model let us know! This curriculum can be adapted for all levels and aligns with Next Generation Science Standards.
Our first round of curricula is available winter 2023. In spring 2024, we plan to have roughly one (of forthcoming 9) modules for each of grade K-12.
While we are fortunate to live in a time and place where garden-based curriculums are abundant, we would like to add a piece of the puzzle that is often missing: saving the seeds from garden crops to plant again next year and incorporating that into a larger food systems and earth-impact-awareness lens.
Instead of showing the plant life cycle from seed to harvest, we want students to discover the entire cycle, from seed to seed. We also want to open the minds of our youth the the importance of local food, carbon footprint, and the powerful impact their everyday small decisions an have on our climate.
And since we hopped onto our soapbox, we couldn't resist leaning into the importance of place and the acknowledgement of those who have lived on the land where we now live. We endeavor to honor them by sharing their wisdom. Our materials about native seed heritage, as well as time honored cultural practices around the foods those seeds created, are an offering to empower youth to embrace both their own culture as well as to be able to see the world from a multicultural perspective.
If you would like to coordinate a visit to our farm and/or have us come to your classroom to share our speciality curriculum for middle school and based on the STEAM model let us know! This curriculum can be adapted for all levels and aligns with Next Generation Science Standards.
Our first round of curricula is available winter 2023. In spring 2024, we plan to have roughly one (of forthcoming 9) modules for each of grade K-12.