Author Archives: Kyle Cornforth
A Day to Beat All Days!
We had quite a day at the Edible Schoolyard today. Our summer program is still running at full speed and they started off the day by playing Capture the Flag in the garden. This got the kids very excited as they ran, jumped, rolled, crawled and plotted to get the other teams flag. While the [...]
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We Have the Best Volunteers!
We have thirty incredible volunteers come to ESY once a week to work with classes, spend time with our students, or tackle a daunting weeding project. Last night was our chance to show them how much we appreciate their gift of time and hard work by hosting our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Of course, they had [...]
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Memories from the 8th Graders at the Edible Schoolyard
Every spring, the eighth graders at King come to the Edible Schoolyard to make pizza in the wood-burning oven. They participate in three stations during the class. One is to thresh and winnow wheat and grind it into flour using a mortar and pestle or our grain bicycle. Before they get to the oven, the [...]
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Alabama Chanin at the Edible Schoolyard
Natalie Chanin and Kay Woehle from Alabama Chanin came to the Edible Schoolyard on Saturday, May 30th and hosted a stitching workshop. Twelve crafty women from the Bay Area participated in the day and we had a sliver of the south as we sat and sewed and listened to Natalie’s amazing stories about how her business [...]
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The First Edible Schoolyard Academy