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Curricula and other books

Botany on Your Plate Katharine D. Barrett www.gardeningwithkids.org/11-3300.html K-4

Digging Deeper: Integrating Youth Gardens into School and Communities Joseph Kiefer, Martin Kemple www.tworiverscenter.org K-12

GrowLab: A Complete Guide to Gardening in the Classroom and Growlab: Activities for Growing Minds Nat’l Gardening Ass’n. www.garden.org K-8

Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils: A Hands-On Resource for Teachers Elizabeth Patten, Kathy Lyons K-6

Cooking with Kids Curriculum Lynn Walters cookingwithkids.net/What_s_Available/index.html K-6

Cookshop: Action for Healthy Kids www.actionforhealthykids.org/resources_profile.php?id=194 K-5

Food for Thought and Action Grassroots International grassrootsonline.org/publications/educational-resources/food-thought-action-a-food-sovereignty-curriculum 9-1

The Food System: Building Youth Awareness through Involvement Alison & Rance Harmon, Audrey Maretzki Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences 6-12

French Fries and the Food System The Food Project thefoodproject.org/books-manuals 7-12

The Growing Classroom: Garden Based Science Roberta Jaffe, Gary Appel LifeLab Science Program www.lifelab.org 2-6

Growing Food (LiFE series)            Gardening with Kids Teachers College, Columbia University www.gardeningwithkids.org/11-3300.html 4-6

Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Kids Shelburne Farms www.shelburnefarms.org/prodinfo.asp?number=869

Junior Master Gardener Cooperative Extension Service's 4-H program. www.jmgkids.us/ 3-8

Maine Apprentice Gardener Program Curriculum Univ. of ME Cooperative Extension Gr 4

Maine Foods for Maine Kids  / Maine Harvest Lunch MOFGA www.mofga.org/Resources/MaineHarvestLunch/tabid/817/Default.aspx K-8

Nourishing Choices: Implementing Food Education in Classrooms, Cafeterias, and Schoolyards: Eve Pranis Nat’l Gardening Ass’n K-12

Schoolyard Mosaics; Designing Gardens and Habitats; Nat’l Gardening Ass’n K-8

Steps to a Bountiful Kids' Garden Nat’l Gardening Ass’n. www.garden.org K-12

Ten Years of Education at the Edible Schoolyard: (One of several in the Chez Panisse series) www.edibleschoolyard.org/resources K-12

Wonderful World of Wigglers Julia Hand, Carolyn Peduzzi K-4

The Worm Cafe: Mid-Scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes Binet Payne K-12

Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment. Appelhof, Mary, Mary Frances Fenton and Barbara Loss Harris  K-12