The SDAITC Board awarded 10 Garden Grants in March to Elementary and Middle Schools in Carlsbad, Oceanside, Poway, La Jolla, Lakeside, Santee and San Diego. Schools received between $500 and $1200. Funds awarded will be used to repair, enlarge or upgrade existing school gardens with new garden beds, irrigation systems, rodent control structures, tools, fruit trees, plants, seeds, soil, fertilizer,…
One nice aspect of seasons is that if something doesn’t work out as expected this year, you have the opportunity to try again the next year. Farming and gardening relies on this feature of time. The work comes in cycles of planning, hard effort, celebration and rest/reflection. San Diego Ag in the Classroom has been around since…
SDAITC awarded $10,000 in February to eleven schools to enhance their garden and nutrition programs. School finalists received visits from the grant committee in December. Committee members enjoyed seeing educators and students in action, engaged in hands-on learning focused on seeding and transplanting vegetables, proper fertilizing and watering, pest control, and harvesting the fruits of their labor. All the students…
After two years of unpredictability and isolation, schools and nonprofits have returned to in-person events, allowing people to reconnect and establish a “new normal”, post-pandemic. For SDAITC, we were excited to organize our signature Teacher Resource Fair once again, a year late but better than ever. At the same time, we have responded to society’s greater reliance on online resources…
A fantastic time was had by all at the 2022 Teacher Resource Fair, aka the Food and Flower Happy Hour. The event was organized in partnership with the San Diego Botanic Garden. To see photos from the event, check out our Facebook page (below). We look forward to engaging with the community again soon to support agricultural learning.
We are gearing up for the return of our fantastic, informative, delicious, and beautiful Teacher Resource Fair – the Food and Flower Happy Hour! It is all set to take place at the San Diego Botanic Garden on Tuesday October 4, from 4 to 6PM. Have you registered yet? If not, click HERE. All attendees will receive this handy gift,…
The SDAITC Garden Education Project Award Committee was busy the past couple months reviewing applications and making visits to the schools, who were chosen as finalists. We had 25 quality applications but had to narrow it down because of reduced funds due to Covid and other factors. Hopefully, we can award all the worthy applications in the future. Because of…
Silver Gate Elementary Open House, Sept. 2021 Our second year through the pandemic kept us busy as we continued strengthening our organization from within, as well as maintaining our existing programs for the greater education community. In February, we awarded $5000 to San Diego County Schools through 8 grants. Among other things, these grants allowed several schools to purchase supplies…
We were thrilled to hear of so many innovative schools maintaining and growing their programs in the midst of the pandemic. They all included very creative ideas and ways to teach students in grades K-12 how to grow plants and gardens. One school even provided Gardening Kits for students to grow at home and keep a journal of their progress.…
Like many other nonprofits and businesses, San Diego Ag in the Classroom has had to reorient and adjust quickly as a result of the pandemic. Looking back at 2020 so far, we learned how nimble, flexible, and resilient we can be when put to the test. We had to dip into our reserves to maintain our programming, but we are…