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Castilleja students explore global issues of food sustainability

kids_with_goodgarden_book.jpgThe Castilleja School gardening club students explored global  issues of food sustainability through One Hen's Good Garden program.  The Good Garden based on a story of a young girl in Honduras. The Good Garden program empowers children to be social entrepreneurs who combat global hunger through agricultural enterprise. Students participate by reading the book, exploring the website, and playing the newly released Chutes and Ladders®: The Good Garden Edition board game. Students translated the lesson taught in Good Garden to real life community service action to help fight hunger in their communities.

"A school community garden is a perfect way for students to learn about environmental and social sustainability. The Good Garden program empowers students to see how they can engage creatively using microfinance and an entrepreneurial approach to solve local and global social problems such as hunger."

Mary Hurlburt. Site Director, Peninsula Bridge and Teacher, Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA