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SAVE THE DATE local restaurants and caterers. Patron Preview - 6pm-7pm Announcing the Edible Schoolyard Director! Charlie Headington, UNCG professor and advisor to numerous edible garden projects, local food initiatives, and ecological development design, will be the Museum's new Edible Schoolyard Director. Charlie is co-founder of Slow Food Piedmont, an educational and advocacy group for local food, and has been featured on local TV and regional magazines. His reputation truly proceeds him as a local food educator and Charlie will be a valuable asset to the Edible Schoolyard Project! BIG NEWS!The Greensboro Children's Museum has been selected to be the first children's museum in the country to be affiliated with the Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, California. The Edible Schoolyard at GCM is expected to serve as a national model for other museums and children’s institutions nationwide promoting health and wellness in young children and families. To view the press release, click here.
Edible Schoolyard Update! Construction is underway for the Garden and new teaching kitchen! Despite the freezing temps, we're working very hard to keep the construction progress moving forward! We've demolished a building that wasn't needed, are clearing the land and working on building new entrance doors to the garden area. Stay tuned for more info to come... 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. Yvonne Johnson (Greensboro Mayor) presented Alice Waters with a key to the city of Greensboro and children helped to dig the ceremonial garden plot. Other special guests included Marsha Guerrrero (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.
The Greensboro Children's Museum's Edible Schoolyard, scheduled to open in the Spring of 2010, is modeled on the first Edible Schoolyard at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, CA, created by Alice Waters and the Chez Panisse Foundation. Ms. Waters founded the Chez Panisse Foundation (1996) to transform public education through sponsoring projects such as the Edible Schoolyard and the School Lunch Initiative that integrate gardening and cooking into the core academic curriculum while ensuring that nutritious, fresh meals are available to all children at school.
GCM’s Edible Schoolyard will be located on a half-acre of the Museum’s outdoor play area and will include organic vegetables, herbs, fruits, edible flowers, trees and shrubs, with winding natural walkways and seating areas. Major components of the project include an outdoor gardening classroom, kitchen classrooms (inside & outside), a chicken coop, cisterns, a marsh pond, and beautiful ramadas and arbors for gathering. Click here to see an enlarged copy of the planned design created by Robin Moore, Director of The Natural Learning Initiative.
Through programs, camps and field trips, children will learn about organic gardening (planting, growing and harvesting) and how to prepare and cook fresh food while learning stewardship of the land and the wonders of nature. The Edible Schoolyard will foster awareness of the environmental and personal impact of food choices through learning about seasonality, sustainable farming practices and healthy, balanced nutrition. 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 fundraising goal of the Greensboro Children’s Museum’s Edible Schoolyard Capital Project is $750,000.
Financial gifts, in-kind donations and eager garden volunteers are welcome to help support this project! Contact Betsy Grant, CEO, at 336-574-2898 x301 or bgrant@gcmuseum.com to find out more how you can help!
For more information about: The Greensboro Children's Museum's Edible Schoolyard, click here Berkeley's Edible Schoolyard Program Alice Waters, click here CBS 60 Minute's Special on Alice Waters, The Chez Panisse Foundation, click here
For more information about the Greensboro Children's Museum's plans for the Edible Schoolyard, contact: Betsy Grant, CEO at 336-574-2898 x301, bgrant@gcmuseum.com or Steffany Reeve, Marketing Director at 336-574-2898 x306 sreeve@gcmuseum.com Photos of The Greensboro Children's MuseumEdible Schoolyard Prototype Garden
Children presented Alice Waters a Pottery Plate they helped to created with Ben Owen out of vegetables from the garden. Photo by Abigail Seymour. GCM's Edible Schoolyard is in the news! Check out the latest articles and slide show by Jeri Rowe and Morgan Josey-Glover from the News & Record and watch the news clips on WFMY News 2! Slide Show by Jeri Rowe with the News & Record Article by Jeri Rowe in the News & Record Article by Morgan Josey-Glover in the News & Record Radio Interview by Caron Meyers at WFDD 88.5 Article by Don Patterson in the News & Record
************************** 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!
Check back often for updates!
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