"The funding and support provided by the garden grant, through the New Jersey Agricultural Society, has made a school wide gardening program possible. It allows for a cross-curricular approach to teaching and learning through hands-on experiences" 

Jessica Cuevas, William H. Ross

Mission: 

Providing New Jersey elementary schools with financial, educational and agricultural resources to create a school garden which is used as a living-learning laboratory. Teachers are encouraged to use the school garden to teach their standard curricula, including math, science, social studies and language arts. Students will have the opportunity to learn how healthy, nutritious food is produced, why it is important to include fruits and vegetables in their diets, and the reasons to care for their environment.

Vision: 

Learning Through Gardening seeks to teach students to make healthier food choices and take better care of their environment, all while making learning more exciting for them. 

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Goals:

To provide teachers with an outdoor classroom enabling real life applications of math, science, art, social studies, physical education, and language arts concepts. 

To improve agricultural literacy by teaching children how fruits and vegetables are grown. 

To educate children to make life-long healthy food choices.