Courtney Leeds

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Every School Should Have a Farm to Feed Its Students

Our vision for Schoolyard Farms was, and still is, to build farms on every schoolyard that can feed their cafeterias. Unlike Edible Schoolyard and FoodCorps—two admirable organizations that help schools build and maintain school gardens with the support of grant funding and donations—Schoolyard Farms is using a social enterprise model.

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I have always loved working with my hands. It is only now, after five years of farming that I realize I chose to farm as a way to work with my hands every day.

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