Episode 49: Rebecca Naylor - Kitchen Garden Programs in Schools

First aired: 20/09/2017

Description:

Rebecca Naylor - CEO of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation talks about the benefits of running kitchen garden programs in schools. While research is ongoing, benefits have been shown for students' literacy, numeracy, nutritional health, social interaction, and many other aspects of their lives.

Music:

Beatles - Octopus Garden

Bruce Springsteen - Secret garden

High Country Band - Where Corn Don't Grow (video version Travis Tritt & Waylon Jennings).

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold

Links:

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation

Victorian Schools Garden Awards - Grant Categories

Victorian Schools Garden Awards

Food Gardens in Schools

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program Evaluation: Final Report (Feb 2013). University of Woolongong - Center for Health Service Development.

Evaluation of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (2010). University of Melbourne School of Populations and Global Health.