Our Farm to School team frequently uses the following garden-based organizations and websites to draw inspiration, lesson plans, recipes, and resources while developing our own programming. We hope you find these resources useful for your outdoor learning center adventures!

General School Garden and Outdoor Learning Center Resources

• Edible Schoolyard
• EdWeb.net Growing School Gardens
• Green Teacher Network
• Growing Minds: Farm to School
• KidsGardening.org
• Life Lab
• National Farm to School Network
• Nature Works- The Nature Conservancy
• Shelburne Farms
• USDA Farm to School
• Vermont Feed

School Garden Curriculum Resources

• “Good”- Slow Food USA’s School Garden Curriculum
• Captain Planet Garden Program Curriculum
• Eat. Think. Grow. Lessons for School Gardens
• Gallatin Valley Farm to School Library
• Green Mountain Farm to School: Schoolyard Gardens and Hands-on Farming Curriculum for Teachers
• Growing Gardens Youth Grow Lesson Plan Manual
• Life Lab Academic Content Standards Database: Common Core Language Arts and Math, Next Generation Science Standards
• Nourish: Curriculum
• USDA The Great Garden Detective Adventure
• Whole Kids Foundation and American Heart Association: School Gardens Activity Guide

Cooking with Kids Resources

• Chop Chop Magazine
• City Blossoms: Garden Gastronomy
• Cooking with Kids
• Green Mountain Farm to School: Safety Tips for Cooking with Kids
• Kids Cook Mondays
• Nourish Interactive
• USDA Choose MyPlate