FOOD FOR LEARNING

ORIGINS OF PROJECT Diana A. of WI Health

Department asked if Mary Bohning would like to sit in on a Healthy Youth Kenosha County Coalition board

XTEN Industries donated 5 acres to be used for the first 13 beds. From these beds, produce was sold at the Kenosha Harbor Market.

COALITION PARTNERSMary Bohning, M.Ed., Advanced Placement Environmental Science InstructorHarborside Academy, Expeditionary Learning School

Prisca Moore, Ph.D., Associate ProfessorDepartment of Education, Carthage CollegeTeaches Science Methods course required for all Elementary and Middle School Majors

Kathleen Jerome, M.S., Master Gardener, Horticulture InstructorGateway Technical College

Diana Andrekus, B.A., Public Health SpecialistKenosha County Division of Health

Andrea Smoko, B.S., Registered Dietician Kenosha County Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

Cindy Altergott, B.S., Operations AdministratorKenosha YMCA

Cindy Gossett, Food Services SupervisorKenosha Unified School District No. 1

Scott Kennow, M.S., PrincipalEdward Bain School of Language and Art

State Representative John Steinbrink65th Assembly District

Joyce Erickson, Tobacco Control Specialist, CoordinatorKRW Tri-County Tobacco-Free Coalition

Kathy Cole, Director of OperationsBoys and Girls Club of Kenosha

Grant Youngquist Parent Representative

Mark DirrXten Industries

James HansenHansen Greenhouse

UPDATE ON PROGRESS

10 beds were built, 8 at EBSOLA and 2 at KTEC

Students at both schools have participated in garden bed care, harvest and eating of the fresh greens

Container gardens for classrooms have been constructed and are ready to go into classrooms at EBSOLA

We have been picked up by the Kenosha Health Department to expand the program to 3 more schools in 2011

UPDATES CONT’D

KUSD has agreed to buy our produce for the lunch program

KUSD Assistant Superintendant met on Friday to discuss putting a garden at every school

We’ve attended and been invited to join the Sustainable Edible Economic Development(SEED) committee focus is buy Wisconsin, Buy Local