Sustainability and Service: Cuyahoga Falls Agriculture Education Expansion and Student-Run CSA

Commodities

Practices

• Crop Production: row covers (for season extension), season extension
• Education and Training: youth education
• Sustainable Communities: community services, food access and security, urban agriculture

Students will learn about sustainable agriculture through working in their garden, participating in community-based experiences, and classroom instruction. Guided by Ohio’s AES standards, students will learn about sustainable practices including composting, crop rotation, cover cropping, and season extension. They will utilize additional educational materials from SARE and university extension programs. Students will travel to farms and business to learn about careers in agriculture and related fields. Students will make a positive impact on nearby residents by donating at least 60% of what they grow to people in need while covering future operating expenses through a student-run CSA.

1. Provide students with opportunities to learn about sustainable agriculture in school and community settings and apply those principles to the design of the new learning garden site.
2. Increase the amount of food grown annually that is donated to students and area residents. 
3. Expand the variety of food grown to reflect the market demand of the student body of Cuyahoga Falls City Schools
4. Provide quarterly opportunities for students to share their knowledge and project in various ways.
5. Establish a student-run CSA that will cover operating expenses of the program.