SGN Grants

Garden-Based Education Grant:

This grant offers financial and mentoring support for schools to develop and implement instructional school garden programs. The primary goal is to address one of the most significant obstacles school gardens face: securing funding for a Garden Education Coordinator. An additional $500 is included for tuition to the School Garden Teacher Training at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC). The 2009-2010 grant requires a match from the school and/or other partner organizations in cash or in-kind donations.

Grant recipients include:

'09-'10	Apple Blossom School	$5,000
'09-'10	McKinley Elementary School	$5,000
'07-'10	Geyserville Elementary School	$11,000
'07-'10	La Tercera Elementary School	$7,000
'06-'09	Dunbar Elementary School	$9,000
'05-'08	McNear Elementary School	$14,000
'05-'06	Cloverdale High School	$8,000

Next Application Period: January 01, 2011 – March 31, 2011

Cooking From the Garden Grant:

This grant offers financial, material and mentoring support to encourage nutrition education and healthy cooking by using seasonal food grown in the school garden and/or by local farms. The goal is to increase student consumption of fresh produce and other whole foods, develop skills in preparing healthy meals, raise awareness of local food systems, and support local agriculture.

Grant recipients include:

'09-'10	Healdsburg Elementary School	$2,000
'08-'09	Valley of the Moon School	$2,000
'08-'09	Northwest Preparatory Academy	$2,000

Next Application Period: February 13, 2011 – April 03, 2011

Salad Bar Grant:

This grant offers financial, material and mentoring support to increase student and staff access to healthy, fresh produce through a school salad bar, and to enhance the productivity of the school garden. Funds can also be used to purchase supplemental produce from a local farm.

Grant recipients include:

'09-'10	Salmon Creek School	$4,000
'07-'09	Oak Grove Elementary School	$6,000

Next Application Period: February 13, 2011 – April 03, 2011