Today it's recognised that teaching the next generation about growing food is as important as teaching social studies. It's a wonderful way to get students out of the classroom and doing an activity, which will give them a sense of achievement |
Cityfood Growers provides schools with a large and easily accessible resource of online information about organic gardening. Our school subscriber web site is ideally laid out for teachers and students, as it provides for easy searching and can be localised for the climate of any town or city in Australia. |
The web site enables a scientific and objective approach to plant selection and plant management on over 270 of the most commonly grown vegetables, herbs, fruit trees, Australian native food crops, grains and green manure crops. The web site includes step-by-step guides for building and maintaining productive organic food gardens. Click here for site features. |
| "A valuable organic gardening resource!" |
| - Jackie French, award-winning Australian gardening author of |
| Backyard Self-sufficiency and The Wilderness Garden |
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| Services for Schools |
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Yearly web site subscription as a resource for teachers and parent helpers, school food gardens, school libraries and horticulture students. |
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Content development on organic gardening, tailored to the unique environments of schools. |
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Face to face organic gardening workshops for teachers. |
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| "The Cityfood Growers website provides an exciting partnership |
| integrating information communication technology (ICT) into a |
| classroom setting. It gives students quick, easy access to a |
| range of materials on how to grow their own sustainable garden. |
| is useful to ensure you are right on with your planting and preparation" |
| Volker Jahnke, Agricultural department, Ferny Grove State High School, Qld |
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| School Environments |
| Early Childhood |
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Yearly subscription to support teachers working with Early Childhood food gardens. Development of food gardening content tailored to early childhood environments. See our case study with C&K Early Childhood professionals in QLD Australia. |
| Primary schools |
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A package of yearly subscriptions to support your school food garden and as a resource for the school library for students and teachers. |
| High schools |
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A package of yearly subscriptions to support your school food garden and as a resource for the school library for students and teachers. In addition, multi-user access can be provided on a per-term basis for high school students doing horticulture/organic gardening, with the web site as a key resource within their course. |
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Bulk discounts are provided on yearly subscription to organisations with multiple schools. Contact us for a free demonstration of our school subscription and more information on our school organic gardening educational services. |
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