Seeds for Schools!
We have seeds to provide to 1,200 schools across the United States to help them grow their own food and grow their community!
The Grow Your Own Food Seed Pack has enough seeds to abundantly fill two 4×8’ raised beds with healing greens, hearty veggies, tasty herbs and a mix of flowers for our pollinator friends. The pack is perfect for starting a small garden at a school!
The Community Pack has enough seeds to abundantly fill thirty 4×8’ raised beds, with a variety of over 20 of the easiest to grow foods from seed. The pack is perfect for starting a large school garden or community initiative as it is enough seed to farm 1/10th of an acre.
What is Our Dream?
To help children, parents, teachers, school administrators and community members grow food at their schools (or in other creative ways)! We want to help schools to start their first garden ever, revive their current sleepy gardens, or simply have access to seeds when finances or access are a barrier.
We dream of this food being grown at schools by children and incorporating the harvest into their school lunch or by bringing it home to enjoy with their family. We dream of the seeds being distributed to children in the classroom to take home and grow, utilizing our educational guides.
We dream of community initiatives blossoming! Families growing their own food at home to pack for healthy school lunches… Families growing food to share with fellow children who have low access to healthy food…. Backyard and front yard gardeners and small farmers to grow food to provide to school lunches…
We dream of YOU doing whatever is most alive in YOU to enjoy the bounty of food you grow and to be of service to your community!
How are We Supporting Beyond Seeds?
-We have a step-by-step video series and growing guide that shows exactly how to grow this food from planning the garden, to planting the seeds, to tending the garden, to harvesting the food!
-We will host a few live Q&A sessions where you can ask me any garden questions (they will be recorded and published).
-We are providing grants of $250 to five schools to cover the costs to start a small garden from scratch. Apply here. Update: We have provided the five grants and will share their stories as the gardens are created!
Who’s Eligible?
Anyone who wants to and can grow food at their school or to benefit children at a school in their community!
You must submit your request with a school email address. Don’t have a school email address? Ask anyone at your school who does have one to submit the request! Or, include a note with your submission of how you are involved with the school. Homeschooling families are eligible.
How to Sign Up?
Submit your request for Seeds for Schools here.
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Want to Support Seeds for Schools?
You can do so by purchasing your seeds through us, which funds our program to be of service to schools!
The Grow Your Own Food Seed Pack is available on a sliding scale donation of $10-$20 and it is valued at $80!
The Community Pack is available on a sliding scale donation of $50-$70 and it is valued at $200!
Would you like to provide a grant or create a funding partnership? This would help us to help more schools! If so, email us.
Our Children’s Books
Would you like a copy of Be the Change or Zero Waste Kids to go along with your seed pack? If you are part of a school, we’d love to offer you a free copy of Be the Change, simply pay for shipping ($5). Order here and use the code BETHECHANGEKIDS. Books will ship in July 2024.
We are grateful to the Live Like Ally Foundation and The Keston Family for providing the funding to launch Seeds for Schools!