The San Mateo County Food System Alliance supports having a garden in every school. Our children deserve environments and programs that directly support the development of life long health and citizenship.

Access to experiential garden-based learning leads to:

• Higher academic achievement
• Supplemental classroom lessons in core curricular areas
• Reinforcement of California’s academic standards-based concepts through real-world applications
• Addressing the crisis in children’s health and nutrition through improved eating habits
• Creating agricultural literacy and an excitement for eating fresh fruits and vegetables
• Helping children to be healthier so they can learn, grow and play

Read the 2010 report here.