In an urbanized and globalized world, most kids aren’t directly connected to agriculture. School gardens can help them learn where their food comes from.
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Involving youth in promoting health in schools can catalyze students’ ability to bring about positive change. On International Youth Day and year round, more adults could lift up youth voices.
Gardens require huge labour, and outcomes like health, well-being or food security are affected by systemic barriers people face in cities and schools.
Ontario’s proposed Food Literacy Act for Students, a first in Canada, would mean students in grades 1-12 have opportunities to grow food and prepare food and learn about local foods.
A growing body of research literature suggests time spent gardening is as good for the gardener as it is for the garden.
School garden projects are becoming hugely popular. Over 25 percent of public elementary schools include garden-based learning. Do these gardens improve the education and health of young people?
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Lecturer in urban horticulture, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Communication Studies, Provost's Fellow for Sustainability, Rowan University
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Professor of Health Promotion, Dalhousie University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
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PhD student, School of Health, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor, Adult Education, Concordia University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Common Ground Canada Network, Dalhousie University
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Senior Extension Specialist in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University