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Organic School Project
Imagine a school… where when you walk in the door, it smells like home cooking. In the cafeteria, children are eating made-from-scratch, locally and sustainably grown foods—a feast of whole grains, bright green vegetables, and freshly sliced fruits. Plate waste is minimal. The students like this food.
Then they rise from their seats and walk to the trash receptacles – there are multiple ones: one for compost, one for recycling and one for waste. They know what bin to put every part of their meal in, and the meal’s biodegradable tray and disposable packaging.
After eating, the children go outside to the school garden and see some of the food they just ate growing in the garden. They planted some of those foods, they helped care for them. Before their next lesson begins, their teacher leads them in a mindfulness exercise – to bring them back to the classroom and connect with what they just experienced. They think and feel and describe what they ate and where it came from. They might even mention the farmer who helped produce the food they just consumed. At the end of the school day they go home and share with their families what they learned.
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