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Healthy Growing

A.M. Winn Waldorf School

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Raise your hand if you have a child.

This is my son, Weston...he’s 2 yrs old now (photo taken when he was 17 months) old. He’s amazing...a bit fearless for better or for worse, but so funny and amazing.

Keep those hands up. (Ask ⅔ of the room to put their hands down). Everyone with our hands still up in the air..our kids are obese and likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

1 in 3 children are obese or overweight and likely to develop type 2 diabetes

Now I’m not saying your specific child is obese, but the research shows that ⅓ of our kids are. And it’s not getting better...it’s inching closer to ½.

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Type 2 Diabetes

Heart disease
Blindness
Kidney failure
Lower-limb amputations
Appearing earlier than ever before - in people as young as age 14

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Our kids are getting adult diseases.

This is unacceptable.

The good news is this is preventable!

Eating better and exercising can reduce Type 2 diabetes by more than 50%

At the early stages of type 2 diabetes, symptoms can be reversed within a few weeks and reduced by more than 50%, just by eating better and exercising - this is more effective than taking medicine.

We Know What, But How?

We know eating better is the answer, but HOW do we get kids to do that. Behavior change is challenging.

When kids grow vegetables

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They EAT vegetables!

Research backs this up and we’ve seen it over and over again. It's that simple.

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Healthy Growing
A customized school garden program rooted in hands-on nutrition education and community engagement

Allow me to introduce to you Healthy Growing. A customized school garden program rooted in hands-on nutrition education and community engagement. Our program brings teachers, students, parents and businesses together around a common goal.

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Outcomes

15% increase - students choosing healthy food instead of fast food
44% increase in academic performance
Improvements in attendance, attitudes, and employability
Connected, proud, & responsible community
Long-term school garden

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Results

60 schools
Over 27,000 children
10+ cities
Over 400 Raised Garden Beds
Over 30,000 seeds planted

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A.M. Winn Waldorf School

"Gardening and cooking is part of our curriculum. We have been able to provide small garden boxes for our younger grades and a small garden plot for our middle school students, but we do not have resources available for our grades 4-6 and special needs students" - Sara Miles, Guild President

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A.M. Winn Waldorf - Goals

Educate the students about the connection between food and common core subjects
Improve the overall beauty of the campus
Engage the whole school community

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A.M. Winn Waldorf - Goals

Improve healthy eating knowledge and behaviors
Educate the students about where food comes from, how it’s made, and waste reduction
Educate the students about entrepreneurship revolving around the garden

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A.M. Winn Waldorf Strengths

Supportive and passionate school team
Active parents
Gardening and cooking is already part of curriculum
Has initial garden infrastructure

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A.M. Winn Waldorf Gaps

In need of more gardening tools and materials
In need of more garden infrastructure
In need of strategy to engage whole school community

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The Plan - Branch 1

Garden Collaborative
To provide more support and engage the school
Led by teachers and parents, but including students
Teachers can default to a Garden Parent
Garden sessions with the students

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The Plan - Branch 2

2 Garden Clubs - Both lead by different groups from the 7th and 8th grade classes, overseen by teachers & parents
Focused on teaching the younger grades about how to garden and why it’s important

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The Plan - Branch 2

Each grade will have their own garden bed(s)
7th & 8th graders will facilitate garden sessions w/ the younger grades on a rotating basis either via after-school or lunch garden sessions

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The Plan - Branch 3

Second Garden Club - Garden Entrepreneur Club
Students learn about real-life business skills revolving around the garden
Opportunity to start their own business that will help fund future maintenance costs for the garden & support the community
Enterprise lessons

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The Plan - Branch 4

Family Garden Space
5 local families get gardening space
Engage the parent community
Help with garden maintenance
Families can keep whatever they grow

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Garden Infrastructure

Pre K - 3rd Grade: One new 2ft x 4ft x 2ft horse trough
4th - 6th: One new 4ft x 8ft raised garden bed
7th & 8th: One new 4ft x 8ft raised garden bed + one new 2ft x 4ft x 2ft horse trough
Family Garden: 5 new 4ft x 8ft raised garden beds

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