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| Founders | Jane Hirschi, Joe Petner |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Area served | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Focus | Nutritional education |
| Volunteers | Over 150 adult volunteers |
| Employees | 9 (full and part-time) |
| Motto | Schoolyard gardening in public schools |
| Website | www.CitySprouts.org |
CitySprouts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that partners with public school teachers and other school staff to develop outdoor classrooms and gardens in local school yards. CitySprouts also collaborates with local farmers, restaurant chefs and the Cambridge Public School District (CPSD) food service program to bring urban school children the experience of growing, preparing and eating good, healthy food[1].
During the school year, CitySprouts staff supports teachers' use of the school garden as an outdoor classroom during the teaching day. Garden coordinators spend 15 hours in the school between April and November to oversee garden maintenance, coordinate its use, and to assist teachers who bring their students into the garden for learning. In Fall 2008, 77% of the teachers in CitySprouts schools reported using their school garden for teaching purposes at least one time and as many as twenty times for science, math, history and other subjects[2].
CitySprouts has programs at all 12 public elementary and middle schools in the city and serves over 3,000 students per year. The organization also hosts a summer intern program where middle school students spend 25 hours over the summer maintaining school gardens. The interns also attend field trips to farmers’ markets and rural and urban local farms.
CitySprouts was one of six area nonprofits selected as a 2008 Social Innovator by the Cambridge-based Social Innovation Forum.
The CitySprouts mission is to develop, implement, and maintain beautiful, resource-rich school gardens in collaboration with public school communities. Integrated into the curriculum, CitySprouts gardens inspire teachers, students, and families with a deep, hands-on connection to the food cycle, sustainable agriculture, and the natural environment. [3].
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