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Walnut Creek Intermediate Healthy Growing

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Healthy Growing

Walnut Creek Intermediate

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Raise your hand if you have a child.

This is my son, Weston...he’s 2 yrs old now (photo taken when he was 17 months) old. He’s amazing...a bit fearless for better or for worse, but so funny and amazing.

Keep those hands up. (Ask ⅔ of the room to put their hands down). Everyone with our hands still up in the air..our kids are obese and likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

1 in 3 children are obese or overweight and likely to develop type 2 diabetes

Now I’m not saying your specific child is obese, but the research shows that ⅓ of our kids are. And it’s not getting better...it’s inching closer to ½.

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Type 2 Diabetes

Heart disease
Blindness
Kidney failure
Lower-limb amputations
Appearing earlier than ever before - in people as young as age 30

Photo by Charmaine Sylvia Photography

Our kids are getting adult diseases.

This is unacceptable.

The good news is this is preventable!

Eating better and exercising can reduce Type 2 diabetes by more than 50%

At the early stages of type 2 diabetes, symptoms can be reversed within a few weeks and reduced by more than 50%, just by eating better and exercising - this is more effective than taking medicine.

We Know What, But How?

We know eating better is the answer, but HOW do we get kids to do that. Behavior change is challenging.

When kids grow vegetables

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They EAT vegetables!

Research backs this up and we’ve seen it over and over again. It's that simple.

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Healthy Growing
A customized school garden program rooted in hands-on nutrition education and community engagement

Allow me to introduce to you Healthy Growing. A customized school garden program rooted in hands-on nutrition education and community engagement. Our program brings teachers, students, parents and businesses together around a common goal.

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Outcomes

15% increase - students choosing healthy food instead of fast food
44% increase in academic performance
Improvements in attendance, attitudes, and employability
Connected, proud, & responsible community
Long-term school garden

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Results

60 schools
Over 27,000 children
10+ cities
Over 400 Raised Garden Beds
Over 30,000 seeds planted

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Walnut Creek Intermediate

"We all want to make our school members healthier, and our system more sustainable; collect our waste at lunch, compost, teach the kids how to plant and grow vegetables and use the food in our meals at school. We just need a leg up and some guidance" - Lisa Muniz, Teacher

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Walnut Creek - Goals

Educate the students about where food comes from, how it’s made, and waste reduction
Educate the students about water conservation
Improve the overall beauty of the existing garden space
Educate students about entrepreneurship through garden-based learning

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Walnut Creek Strengths

Passionate and committed teachers
Initial garden infrastructure
Strong community and parental support
Home Economics/cooking is already offered
School Champion partnership with Burger Lounge

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Walnut Creek Gaps

In need of more gardening tools and materials
In need of strategic program plan
In need of more garden infrastructure

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The Plan - Branch 1

Garden-based education
Help re-engage the teachers and keep the students engaged
Over 30 lessons developed by educators
Align with Common Core
Teach 3 lessons per year

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The Plan - Branch 2

Garden Collaborative
To provide more support and engage the school
Led by teachers and parents, but including students and After School Club
Teachers can default to a Garden Parent
Garden sessions with the students

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The Plan - Branch 3

Garden Club Entrepreneur Elective
Students learn real-life business skills revolving around the garden
Can start their own business to help fund future maintenance costs for the garden and support the community
Students are very engaged with the garden and their relative school work
Enterprise Lessons

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Garden Infrastructure

Garden Entrepreneur Elective: Four new 4ft x 8ft raised beds + new vertical garden + four new 2ft x 4ft x 2ft horse troughs
School departments: 8 current 4ft x 8ft raised beds + 20 new 2ft x 4ft x 2ft horse troughs for each teacher
15 rustic hay bales for seating

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