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Create a climate victory garden. Grow vertically, or without soil.
Plant foods that keep on giving. Build regenerative systems.
Create a climate victory garden. Grow vertically, or without soil.
Plant foods that keep on giving. Build regenerative systems.
Create a climate victory garden
Create a climate victory garden
"Victory Gardens" were planted during the World Wars to support and feed local communities and troops overseas. Can these gardens nourish a community, and help sequester its carbon too Learn more about climate victory gardens today here.
Upcycle and grow vertically
Upcycle and grow vertically
Cut an empty soda bottle in half and you have your own growing container. Build a vertical frame, and grow more food in less space!
Read more about FIG (Fresh Food from Indoor Gardens), the RMS vertical garden pictured above.
Plant with or without soil
Plant with or without soil
Try growing plants without soil. With hydroponics, you use a nutrient solution in place of soil. Grow more, quicker, and with less resources. Learn more about soil-less mediums here.
Grow foods that keep giving
Grow foods that keep giving
When old potatoes start to grow eyes, don't throw them out! Just plant them in soil and watch them regrow. Check out other foods that keep giving here.
Share your ideas! We'll post them here. Just submit this form.
Share your ideas! We'll post them here. Just submit this form.
Whether you have an abundance of food in your cupboard or have grown your own food, you can always give. Here are some local and regional food banks nearby:
Whether you have an abundance of food in your cupboard or have grown your own food, you can always give. Here are some local and regional food banks nearby:
To learn more about food insecurity here and across the US, check out Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Every year, Feeding America helps 1 in 7 Americans.
While 42 million Americans are food insecure, we still waste 50% more food than we did in the 1970's, costing us more than $218 billon a year, according to the NJDEP. Food waste is a problem. But, there's things we can do at home and right here at school to help. Read on, and let's think Zero Waste.
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