Field Coordinator Orientation by Bryan Jersky

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Field Coordinator Orientation

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Field Coordinator Orientation

Who is Healthy Planet?

501(c)3 Nonprofit
Founded in 2012
Mission: To Inspire The Next Generation of Conscious Eaters

What does Healthy Planet do?

Healthy Growing
Camp Food Fight
Farmers Markets
Giving Tuesday

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Healthy Growing
1. Customized
2. Community Engagement
3. Comprehensive

Healthy Growing is a customized school garden program rooted in project-based learning and community development. Our program brings teachers, students, parents and businesses together around a common goal.

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Customized

School Field Coordinator
Site Visit
Program Plan and Design
Based on School Strengths

Curriculum

Over 40 ready-to-go lesson plans
Align with the garden
Align with common core

Community Engagement

Bring teachers, students, parents and local businesses together around a common goal
Empowerment, Ownership, Pride, Responsibility
PTA and Community Meetings
Community Crowdfunding

Community Development is at the core of the Healthy Growing programs.

When we engage the whole community, there’s more people to help lookout for the garden’s well being in the long-term. It creates more ownership, pride, and empowerment, so when one person leaves, the garden is safe in the hands of others.

We engage the community through PTA meetings and community meet-ups.

Community Crowdfunding

Average cost is $4000
Subsidize low income schools
$1 campaign at minimum
Time + $$ = ownership, pride, responsibility

School Champions

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Entrepreneurship

An enterprise project is also an optional part of the program.

Part of our lesson plans cover entrepreneurship such as project planning, budgeting, marketing, writing a business plan, etc.

The end result is a student-driven, healthy, ethical, and recurring school fundraising Enterprise Project

This is for kids as young as 2nd grade.

Possible ideas are:
Fruit salad sale, design an app, sell salsa, sell compost, farm stand, sell seeds, create a recipe book, etc.

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Is there space?

Lack of space for a garden is a common misperception
Asphalt, behind classroom, pots, 4x4 raised beds, vertical gardens, etc.

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We don't have time!

Lesson plans align with what teachers are already teaching
We personally come to the school to engage the community
We source and deliver all the tools, seeds, soil, etc.
We help build the garden and much more

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Water Conservation

Drip Irrigation
Drought Tolerant Plants
Grouping
Mulch
Water Conservation Lessons
Learning Opportunity

Drip irrigation uses up to 50% less water by delivering the water directly to where it's needed.

Planting seeds that use less water then others (carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, potatoes, squash, etc)

Grouping plants with similar water needs helps to prevent over watering and under watering

Mulch keeps soil moist and cool which saves water

We have lesson plans that teach students about the importance of water conservation - align with common core.

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