Please pass this information on to any of your school
personnel who may be interested in this project. It is open to all grade
levels.
The North Dakota Farmers
Market and Grower’s Association is pleased to announce that grant funds are
available to begin an edible school garden, orchard and/or greenhouse project
through the Green and Growing Initiative. The project funds may only be used to
grow or prepare spaces to grow specialty crops. Please see the links above for more information. Grants up to $500 will be available on a competitive basis.
Any school who has previously received a school garden grant from the Green and
Growing Grant program will not be eligible. The deadline for this grant is February 13,
2012! This is a great opportunity to receive funding; we are actively seeking
applicants.
Some of the goals that we
hope schools will adopt include:
·Connecting people
to plants and the planet
·Increased
community engagement
·Service learning
opportunities
·Better
nutritional habits
·Student marketing
opportunities
·Food safety
curriculum
·Growing one’s own
food
Deadline: Grant
applications must be received by February 13, 2012.
A decision on the grant requests are expected to be made by February 20, 2012.
Further details about this
program and an application form can be found in the links above. If you have trouble
with these files and would like copies, or for additional information, please contact:
