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Charlotte Food for Thought

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Inspired by Alice Waters, we work to bring an understanding of food and its importance to the Charlotte area schools.

Members: 29
Created By: Robin
Latest Activity: Aug 22

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Summer School

Just a quick update on what has been going on in the garden over the summer. Every Wednesday, we have been meeting with 2 starfish academy classes at Shamrock to work on literacy in the garden. Am...

Tagged: class, cooking, kids, garden

Started by Michaele Fitzpatrick Aug 5.

Growing, growing, growing......

First, huge HUGE Thank You to Cassie Parsons and Natalie Veres of Grateful Growers Farm. As many of you know, we, along with the Tailgate Market, were the beneficiaries of the silent auction that w...

Started by Michaele Fitzpatrick Jun 27.

1st harvest. 2 Replies

Wow the garden is looking great, even in this heat that we have been having! I guess straw mulch really does the trick! Yesterday I stopped by the school to give the plants a drink, and harvested 2...

Tagged: Shamrock, opportunities, garden

Started by Michaele Fitzpatrick. Last reply by Marylyn Williams Jun 23.

Plans for Spring 1 Reply

Hi all! Just wanted to post to bring you all up to speed on some exciting spring plans for Shamrock Gardens Elementary. Groundbreaking for the garden will be on the 26th of April- time TBA, but I a...

Tagged: shamrock, schoolyard, garden

Started by Michaele Fitzpatrick. Last reply by Chef Bradley Jun 10.

Nutrition activites 3 Replies

Hi all, Just wanted to bring you up to date- Cary did a great tasting and nutrition activity for the kindergarten and 5th grade classes last week. She had them taste watermelon, green pepper, zucch...

Started by Michaele Fitzpatrick. Last reply by Marylyn Williams Jun 7.

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Comment by Pamela Grundy on August 22, 2008 at 7:34pm: Thanks again Slow Food Charlotte. One of our Shamrock kindergarten teachers just mentioned to me that she loved the summer activities. The Shamrock Elementary PTA now has a new website. Please go to:

http://shamrockgardens.wordpress.com/

and scroll to the bottom of the page to see what Slow Food Charlotte has contributed to our school.

Comment by Amy Hayes on July 1, 2008 at 9:25pm: Hey folks, we'll be planting some seeds with the summer reading program tomorrow (Wednesday, July 2) at 10:00 am. If any of you would like to come help, you're welcome. The kids tend to need at least a minute or two of one on one for these planting activities, so we could use some extra hands.