Growing a Green Future種植一個綠色未來

Sasha Powell

在賓夕法尼亞州的一所小學，學生們上課之外還能學習種植蔬菜和水果，并在收獲的季節體會到無盡的樂趣。

“Growing a Green Future”gives ele?mentary school students hands?on experi?ences in the growing and harvesting offruits and vegetables. The project was de?veloped by school officials in the ButlerArea School District in Pennsylvania.Young students in the district， which isnorth of Pittsburgh， are learning about farm?ing， finance， and community cooperation.

“We have a lot of farms in Butler，”Superintendent Brian White explained in arecent interview.“There are a lot of fami?lies who can bring agricultural knowledgeto our classrooms.”

Since the project began， it has ex?panded to include the making of healthymeals. Funding from a grant has enabledthe school system to purchase test kitchensso that students and teachers can developrecipes with local nutritionists.

The project has been up and runningfor about two years. White said that stu?dents are responding“positively”to thisexperiment in hands?on learning. Teachersare doing their part by bringing an“agri?culture curriculum”into the classroom sothat students can apply what theyve learnedoutside. Greenhouses have even been in?stalled at one of the elementary schools.

“Growing a Green Future”has beenable to expand and thrive （蓬勃發展） be?cause of a $70，000“Moonshot Grant”fromRemake Learning. The grant encouragesexperimentation and visionary thinking ineducation.“Remake Learning is a networkthat includes more than 600 schools， muse?ums， libraries， and early learning centers，”said Gregg Behr， the founder and co?chairman.“All of them are advancing rel?evant and engaging learning experiencesin support of young people.”

The goal of the grant is to encouragethe development of projects that contributeto learning and add some goodness to theworld. Theres genius in every single youngperson.

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