This article was originally published in Honolulu Civil Beat. When Espie Chapman began teaching introductory agriculture classes at Kailua Intermediate School three years ago, the plot of land near ...

Seven-year-old Karmen Mudd dug her finger into the cool, damp dirt, scooping a shallow hole in the raised bed. The winter air was misty and chilly -perfect weather for planting leafy greens like ...

Washington State University will develop and run a $1 million pilot project to create vegetable gardens at 70 elementary schools in four states, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack ...

Research suggests that school gardens help students get excited about school and do better on tests About a quarter of U.S. public elementary schools have a school garden; they are less common in ...

But I don’t think the public has any inkling how hard it is for teachers to maintain school gardens like the one we have at Bancroft. Despite all the hoopla over school gardening, the truth is ...