The Brief
- Grant-funded nutrition program called Fork Farms is teaching students how to grow fresh produce in class.
- In student-led elective class, about 40 students are growing lettuce and snap peas for the cafeteria.
- This is the Evergreen School District’s 14th hydroponic farm.
OAKLAND, Calif. – Students are growing what they eat in San Jose as part of a nutrition program at Evergreen School District where students learn to farm produce, harvest it, and serve it for lunch.
It’s part of a nutrition program called Fork Farms that encourages healthy eating in students and gets them more interested in STEM learning.
Students at Quimby Oak Middle School are benefitting from an extension of that program with a new hydroponic system.
‘Salad machine’ brought through grant funding
Shan Gao, supervisor of the Child Nutrition Services at Evergreen School District, said she brought the program to the schools last year, and got a grant to expand equipment this year.…