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Causes: Agricultural Programs, Food
Mission: Agricultural education
Programs: Elementary school gardens: teaching 14 weeks of organic gardening, nutrition and ecology curriculum to support beneficial life-long practices to approximately 250 students in the eight elementary schools of nh's contoocook valley school district.
community education and programs: providing a variety of garden and farm based educational programs and initiatives to residents of the monadnock region of nh; management of a community garden that supports the peterborough food pantry; providing "cool chefs" after-school cooking and nutrition programs to students in grades 3-6 from the contoocook valley school district.
farm to fork: a multi-year agricultural entrepreneurship training program that uses a small working farm to develop high school students into community and business leaders around healthy, local food. Focus on stem education, workforce development, and sustainable agriculture. An agricultural education center that provides teaching space for the conval high school sustainable agriculture class.