Central Texas School Garden Network - CTSGN

07/21/2017

Dirt has amazing impacts on kids! https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/how-gardening-can-help-build-healthier-happier-kids/2017/07/17/d9047164-6599-11e7-8eb5-cbccc2e7bfbf_story.html

Studies show being in nature can improve impulse control and immunity, among other positive effects.

05/08/2017

Check out Captain Planet Foundation's Project Learning Garden -
deadline to apply is May 19!
https://captainplanetfoundation.org/boxedcontest/?utm_source=Boxed+Contest&utm_campaign=f593e42595-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_72073431d4-f593e42595-

05/01/2017

Check out this new study showing the impact of gardening as a child! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160919110301.htm

As researchers nationwide try to get college students to eat healthier foods, they’re finding that gardening may lead to a lasting habit of eating more fruits and vegetables. That’s a recent conclusion from the “Get Fruved” project. “Get Fruved,” an acronym for “Get Your Fruits and Vegetables,” is a...

04/05/2017

School gardeners, take advantage of FREE soil testing through the City of Austin's Soil Kitchen event thus Saturday (9am-2pm) and Sunday (9am-noon) at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center (2609 E. Gonzales St. Austin, TX 78702). Full details in link:

https://austintexas.gov/soilkitchen

Save the date! The 2017 Soil Kitchen will be April 8 & 9 at Parque Zaragoza. April 8, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. April 9, 2017 9:00 a.m. – noon

01/25/2017

$10,000 grant through TDA available to all Texas public schools. Grant funds can be used to start or expand:

Farm Fresh Fridays and Farm to School activities
- school gardens
- agriculture and nutrition education classroom lessons
- other experiential learning opportunities teaching students about Texas agriculture.

Coordinated health program, including:
- Bienestar/NEEMA Health Program
- CATCH program
- SPARK + Healthy and Wise
- other nutrition education

Follow this link for the application: https://goo.gl/p9gLWk

01/03/2017

Happy New Year! It's about time to plan and prep for your spring garden to enjoy this semester. Check out this great feature on school gardens in Texas for inspiration: http://blogs.usda.gov/2016/12/28/getting-a-school-garden-blooming/

12/16/2016

Check out Katie's Krops, a grant opportunity that empowers youth to grow food to address hunger in their community. Deadline is December 31. Download the application via http://www.katieskrops.com/start-a-garden.html

Starting a Katie's Krops Garden is so much more than just receiving funding to grow a garden. Youth selected as Katie’s Krops Growers are empowered to grow a healthy end to hunger in their community and positively impacting the health of their cities and towns.

11/03/2016

Check out these mini-grants, Central TX school gardeners!

10/28/2016

The Bright Green Future School Grant deadline has been extended to 11/7! Open to all AISD and Austin area charter and private schools, as well as cities – such as Round Rock and Pflugerville – that utilize services through Austin Energy, Austin Water Utility, or Austin Resource Recovery: http://www.austintexas.gov/brightgreenfuture

10/24/2016

Here's the Austin Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights:

10/24/2016

Pledge your support for the Austin Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights! It goes before City Council on Nov. 10.

http://www.austintexas.gov/online-form/austin-childrens-outdoor-bill-rights

Pledge of Support Click here to see the Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights poster. Click here to see Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights Resolution.

10/07/2016

Check out this grant from Nature Works Everywhere for urban elementary, middle, or high schools (public and charter only, preference given to Title I schools) to support a project that implements green infrastructure to address local environmental challenges. These include access to healthy food, air quality, heat island effect, climate change, or storm water collection. Deadline: 10/31/16. For full details:
https://www.natureworkseverywhere.org/grants/

The Nature Works Everywhere program periodically awards grants to schools to help fund projects such as green infrastructure for local environmental challenges. If grant applications are currently being accepted, details will be listed here.