By Daily Press staff
A local school has seen its garden grow and is reaping the awards. Among the latest crop of school garden grant winners announced by the California Fertilizer Foundation is Santa Monica’s John Adams Middle School.
John Adams Middle School uses its garden for classroom material and food for the cafeteria. Students and teachers who participate in the school’s “salad bar gardens co-op” get a free salad bar lunch for their students. The teachers also use the gardens to help illustrate lessons in math, science and literature. John Adams School proves that gardens help students feed their minds and their stomachs at the same time, officials said.
Several other schools awarded for the first quarter of 2004 range from elementary to high schools throughout the state. Through the garden program, the foundation provides direct funding to California schools for garden projects. Grant applications can be downloaded from www.calfertilizer.org and are reviewed on a quarterly basis.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 14, 2004. Read the original PDF.