Health & Wellness

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Creating & Growing Edible Schoolyards

An edible schoolyard is a great tool to provide real-life experiences and to help students make the connection of how vegetables and fruit move from the seed to table. Developed as part of the Minnesota Statewide Health Improvement Program Initiative, this guide walks through developing a school garden as a key strategy to creating healthier schools. View Resource »

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Incorporating School Garden Language Into a School Wellness Policy

Research supports school gardening as a strategy to improve childhood health. Incorporating school garden language into a school wellness policy increases the sustainability of the school garden. Such language ensures students far into the future will benefit from the garden. This document serves as a guide for effectively integrating school garden language into a school wellness policy. To learn more about the importance of school wellness policies and the gardenrelated activities they support, see the Wisconsin School Garden Initiative Brief: Improving Health with School Wellness Policies. Download Brief »

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Improving Health with School Wellness Policies

School wellness policies are a tool to promote student health. Identifying goals for nutrition and physical activity helps schools create healthy students. This document provides an overview of school wellness policy history, outlines policy requirements, and suggests activities for inclusion. For ideas and sample language for including school gardens into a school wellness policy, see the Wisconsin School Garden Initiative Brief: Incorporating School Garden Language into a School Wellness Policy. Download Brief »

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Steps to a School Garden

This website from the Collective School Garden Network has great resources for planning a garden, gaining community support, and implementing your plan, including lesson ideas and research on the benefits of garden-based education. View Resource »