Santa Cruz Area School Food and Garden Tour

The Santa Cruz area is home to robust, long standing gardens and innovative school meal programs. Join us to visit resilient school gardens and scratch cooking school meal programs that are exemplary of the programming that has been running for decades. 

On our tour we will visit Pacific Elementary School Garden that has continuously operated since the mid 80’s and gave rise to the FoodLab School Meal Program where 5th and 6th graders scratch cook lunch everyday! After checking in at the FoodLab kitchen we will head to Live Oak School District. At Del Mar Elementary School we will visit the LOSD central kitchen, enjoy a school meal, hear how they have adapted the FoodLab student chef program in their food service and visit their 40+ year old school garden and future production farm site. The day will end with visits to Branciforte Middle School and DeLaveaga Elementary School.

LEARN

  • Funding models for staffing school garden instruction

  • Examples of school year scope and sequence for k-8 garden programs

EXPERIENCE

  • School garden educators with decades of teaching experience

  • School food service program directors and staff who are cooking scratched cooked menu item

  • Tours of School Gardens in Santa Cruz county

WHEN

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 9:30am-4pm

LOCATION

School Food and Gardens Across Santa Cruz County

AUDIENCE

Garden educators, nutrition educators, school food service professionals

COST

$200

10% Early-Bird Registration Discount will be applied at check-out process for Garden Classroom workshops registered 14 days prior to workshop start date. 

More Info

Continuing Education Credit available for $80 per unit through the University of the Pacific.

Financial Assistance Available. Click here to apply.

Santa Cruz County Educators email us about registration discounts.

Question? Contact kelsey@lifelab.org

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