Rippling Waters Organic Farm

Promoting Community Food Security
through Education, Service & Action
Farm, Greenhouse & Community Gardens
55 River Road, Steep Falls, Maine 04085
(207) 642-5161             greengrower@ripplingwaters.org

SVFC currently has seven raised beds at Steep Falls Elementary School for K-3rd graders and is in the process of creating a garden at the George E. Jack Elementary School in Standish for 4th & 5th graders.

We train the teachers, we conduct some classes with the students, and teach about good nutrition.  The goal is to have the school to use the produce in their cafeteria.

The curriculum will be enhanced this year at the Steep Falls School, with farm staff training teachers to be more proactive about integrating the project into their classroom lessons as part of their Maine state learning results studies, perhaps asking students to investigate the origins of the foods they eat, costs involved in having them transported here and how much nutrition is lost from the time it is harvested until it reaches their plate.

Here are some students at the George E. Jack School learning about soil structure in our lesson on soil.  They are also learning about soil testing as well, since their land was once an apple orchard and there is a possibility of lead in the soil.  We were fortunate to have three volunteers help us teach these lessons.

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Last updated:  February, 2008