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HELPING KIDS GROW, LEARN, & FORM HEALTHY HABITS THROUGH SCHOOL GARDENS

Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids supports educators in Delaware, bringing life-lasting benefits of gardening and good nutrition to kids.

We currently support 55 schools throughout the State of Delaware and almost 24,000 students participate in our “Education Cultivation” program.

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What We Do

THE FIRST STATE SCHOOL
GARDEN EXPERTS

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OUR IMPACT

School garden programs grow healthier, smarter kids

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SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAM

Creating joyful seed-to-table experiences for students (22,000 and growing)

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SCHOOL PARTNERS

We partner with 52 schools today. Our dream: a garden in every Delaware school

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  • "THIS IS COOLER THAN MINECRAFT!"

    Rehoboth Elementary 4th grader

  • "WHEN SCHOOLS PARTNER WITH A STRONG ORGANIZATION SUCH AS HEALTHY FOODS FOR HEALTHY KIDS, THE RESULT IS UNDENIABLE: POWERFUL LEARNING FOR CHILDREN THROUGH A REAL-LIFE LENS AND LOCAL ACTION."

    Wendy Turner, Mt Pleasant Elementary

  • “THIS MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN EXPERIMENT. I WILL HAVE A GARDEN WHEN I AM OLDER. I CAN EXPERIMENT MORE AND BE A SCIENTIST.”

    Marshall Elementary School 5th Grader

  • “THE GARDEN PROVIDES MY STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCES NO TEXTBOOK, VIDEOS, OR CURRICULUM LESSON CAN PROVIDE."

    Diane Mahotiere, STEM teacher, Shortlidge Academy

ABOUT HFHkids

We are “The First State school garden experts!” Our program is designed to fit into the academic year and promote student health throughout their school years.

Our mission: to inspire healthier lives by providing youth with joyful school gardening experiences and opportunities to eat the garden-fresh vegetables they’ve grown.

Our vision: a vegetable garden in every school, leading to generations of healthy families throughout Delaware.

Want to see the program in action? Watch this clip by Brandywine School District highlighting our work with their students!

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THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS.


THROUGH THEIR GENEROSITY, WE PROVIDE OUR PROGRAM AT NO COST TO OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS.


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