Edible Schoolyard Groundbreaking
September 24, 2009
The Museum broke ground on the new Edible Schoolyard on Thursday, September 24th and it was a great event! Special guest, Alice Waters (founder of original Edible Schoolyard, nationally renowned chef & author) spoke about how important this new project is for the Museum and for the Greensboro community. GCM's Executive Director, Betsy Grant, Board Chairman, John Cross, and Former Board Chairman, Melanie Soles, thanked everyone for supporting the project and shared future goals for the project. Other special guests included Yvonne Johnson (Greensboro's Mayor), Marsha Guerrero (Director of Edible Schoolyard Program) and Mo Green (Guilford County Schools Superintendent).
Click here to listen to a podcast of the Groundbreaking created by Adair Suggs of GREENSBOROGREEN.COM.
To listen to an interview with Betsy Grant, Executive Director of GCM and reporter Caron Myers on WFDD 88.5 discussing the Museum's new Edible Schoolyard, click here. (air date: September 10, 2009)
The Museum would like to give a special thank you to
Abigail Seymour and Ryan Bell of Viewpoint Studios
for graciously photographing all of the events of the Edible Schoolyard Groundbreaking!
