3. Daleville Community Schools
The Daleville, Ind., district will use its $50,000 grant to hire a part-time garden educator and coordinator who will be responsible for implementing hands-on educational experiences for students throughout the year. This hire will also work with teachers, the school nutrition team and local famers to increase the amount of local food used in the school nutrition program.
The grant will also go towards the district’s 4-acre outdoor learning lab and its garden plots. Produce from the lab and gardens will be used for school meals as well as for student sampling and cooking demonstrations. The funding will also allow the district to start a project called “KinderGarden,” where kindergarten students will grow carrots for the district’s nutrition program.