The Edible Classroom

Our Mission:

The Edible Classroom cultivates academic achievement, healthy lifestyles, and environmental stewardship through garden-based, experiential learning.

What We do:

• Partner with schools in Lancaster County to establish and maintain vegetable gardens on school grounds
• Develop a garden program for our partner schools that allows teachers, administration, staff, and the community to work together on a common goal supporting our children’s education. 
• Students participate in hands-on learning outside in their school garden during their regular school day.
• Our lessons are aligned with PA State Standards and STEELS standards, reinforcing and supporting classroom learning. 
• Students are involved in the entire seed to table process. They build raised beds, plant, tend, harvest, compost and cook during lessons!
• We offer summer programming in the school gardens within the school districts we serve. 
• Partner with local businesses and organizations to provide meaningful volunteer and corporate sponsorships opportunities

Our Values:

• We value children and their families... and seek to inspire their healthy eating habits through creative, engaging, and informative garden-based programs.
• We value our schools and educators... and we commit to serving them by providing programs that complement the PA Department of Education’s standards.

• We value this earth... and incorporate environmentally friendly activities and practices