Help your local school get growing

If you would like to start a food growing project at your school, you may find the following information helpful

Capital Growth
https://www.capitalgrowth.org/schools
If you're in London, get involved in Sustain's Capital Growth project

Farming and Countryside Education
http://www.face-online.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=138&Itemid=818&lang=en_GB.utf8%2C+en_GB.UT
Resources for teachers.

Food for Life Partnership
http://www.foodforlife.org.uk/resources/growing/school
Find out more about how to begin or develop a growing project in your school.

Garden Organic
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicgardening/schools.php
Garden Organic for Schools Project provides information, guidance, support and curriculum based resources.

Good Gardeners Association
http://www.goodgardeners.org.uk/pages/2_education.html
Find out about running a 'Sowing the Seed' project.

Growing Schools
http://www.growingschools.org.uk/
The Growing Schools website has been designed to support teachers in using the "outdoor classroom" as a resource across the curriculum for pupils of all ages.

Royal Horticultural Society
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening/teachershome/resources/default.aspa
Resources to help you get started in setting up and using a garden in your school.

For parents

Encourage your headteacher to look at the information above. If you have food growing skills yourself offer to talk to interested staff about your food growing experiences. Support our campaign by encouraging as many people as possible to take action.