Kids Growing Food is a school garden project sponsored by NY Agriculture in the Classroom. Since 1998, Kids Growing Food has involved 30,000 New York students growing food at 125 different school sites around the state.
Participants submit garden proposals.
Those selected in a review process receive annual awards. Ag in the Classroom and Cooperative Extension educators, including teachers, students, and community volunteers-anyone who has tended a Kids Growing Food or school garden. Kids Growing Food Network participants are invited to join the listserv, KGF-L . This year's workshops held in Ballston Spa, New York City, and Batavia covered topics such as science of the soil, saving seeds, and hydroponics. Teachers shared stories of garden trails and triumphs.