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School Gardens for Healthy Food Engagement

Teaching middle schoolers about agriculture and healthy eating through school gardens

This project aims to foster understanding of agriculture and healthy eating in a group of New York state schoolchildren, by creating a community garden and teaching students how to use the produce that they grow. The research team will work with sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders before and after the gardens are built to assess how they feel about produce, what they know about agricultural and environmental issues and what healthy foods they eat.

Topics: Children, Youth, Seniors and Families; Food and Agriculture 

The Team

  • Robin Dando, Department of Food Science

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Community partner:  Johanna Perrin Middle School, Fairport School District

Engaged Opportunity Grants

Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.

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