Arizona | Western Growers Foundation

WGF Announces 2013 Arizona School Garden Grant

Submitted by hholland on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 01:00

Fifty K – 12 Schools to Receive $1,500 Each

Western Growers Foundation (WGF) is pleased to announce the 2013 Arizona Edible School Garden Grant. This grant is open to all K-12 Arizona schools. Fifty schools will receive $1,500 each to create and sustain their fruit and vegetable gardens.

These competitive garden grants will be awarded to schools that can demonstrate how they will use garden-enhanced education to teach students where their food comes from and the important of good nutrition.

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WGF awards Wilson Primary School with Garden Grant

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 15:29

On December 16, 2010, WGF awarded Wilson Primary School in Phoenix, AZ, with a $1000 garden grant to create the school garden they have been wanting.

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Bringing Farming to Life for Arizona Students

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/01/2010 - 11:07

From coast to coast food groups, agricultural organizations, locavores, and others are attempting to reconnect consumers with where their food comes from. Through the years, people have lost touch with the fact that the food they enjoy daily somehow, someway originated on a farm. There is an absolute disconnect with who is providing the food.

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