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Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Project
Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Project has had 155 expressions of interest from NSW schools in the past 3 weeke. Applications for 2008 grants to schools have now closed, but a second round of grants will be offered in 2009. The following link will get you to the grants page:

http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/grants-national.shtml

The home page: http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au also has some very imteresting information and ideas for schools.
Posted by Robert Lewis on 26-Nov-08  | Comments(1) | post a comment

The next round of grants mentioned by Rob above will open in mid-2009.The grants provide funding for the development of a productive vegetable garden and the construction of a home-style kitchen on the school grounds. Implementation of the Program once the infrastructure is established requires the employment of two part-time specialists to deliver regular garden and kitchen classes  a Garden Specialist and a Kitchen Specialist  and the allocation of several hours per week to a program coordinator selected from existing staff. It is important to note that funding is not available for the payment of these staff salaries and priority will be given to schools who can demonstrate that they can resource this component.

Schools which receive a grant from the Australian Government will need to demonstrate an initial commitment to continue the project for two years, and in the longer term, work towards integrating the project into the school curriculum. There are a number of documents on this website which may be useful for schools wishing to begin working towards their grant application for 2009
     posted by Maria Roberts on 16-Feb-09| post a reply

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