Davis Farm to School and Nugget Markets support school gardens

Davis Farm to School has announced 13 recipients of its 2012-13 matching grants of $250 to $500 in support of garden-based learning. Nugget Markets partnered with the organization to provide an additional $250 matching grant to five of the schools, resulting in total funding of $13,250 from Farm to School, the matching grantors and Nugget.

Grants go to Da Vinci High School; King High School; Harper, Holmes and Emerson junior high schools; and Birch Lane, Chávez, Korematsu, Montgomery, North Davis, Patwin, Pioneer and Willett elementary schools.

Matching grantors are the schools’ PTAs and PTOs, School Site Councils, garden clubs and contributions from community members.