NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION NETWORK
From 1998 to 2005, FOG worked with numerous local partners to operate
a nationally recognized, multi-faceted community
food program known as Neighborhood Nutrition
Network (NNN). NNN developed programs including
school gardening, community gardening, youth
entrepreneurship and food-gleaning and distribution.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Project: School
Garden-An Elementary Primer (.pdf)
Written by Colin Colverson and based in part on the experiences of NNN’s
long running school garden program in Alachua County, Fla., the primer provides an
introduction to the history, benefits and challenges of developing a school
garden and provides specific lessons tied to the Sunshine State Standards, allowing
an elementary school teacher to tie specific school garden activities to their
curriculum. Support for this project came, in part, from several funders, including Newman’s
Own Organics Inc., the Agua Fund, The Presbytery of Saint Augustine and the
Lattner Foundation, who also supported the operational aspects of NNN’s
school garden program over the years. While the operational side of NNN’s
school garden project has been passed on to the schools, teachers, and volunteers
who were such a key part of its early success, FOG hopes Project:
School Garden-An Elementary Primer will be a valuable resource for teachers
and students exploring the idea of developing their own school garden.