Find It Fund It Florida - Hillsborough Education Foundation
Farm to Table: Growing our own Food
- School:
- Turner Bartels K-8 School
- Category:
- Stem
- Teacher/
Administrator: - Laurie Gonzalez
- 147142
- Students Impacted:
- 25
- Grade Levels Impacted:
- K-5
- Date:
- August 1, 2023
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
Suncoast Credit Union - $726.00
Project Goal
With this project, I will teach the students how to grow their own food by establishing various types of gardens: in ground, hydroponic, and aeroponic.
How Project Benefits Students
The students will learn various methods of growing their own food and develop an appreciation for and hopefully an interest in the farming community.
Expected Outcome(s)
The students will use multiple content areas to plan and carry out planting and harvesting their own foods. They will learn how food grows, teamwork, measuring ph levels and how to prepare healthy food.
Detailed Cost Summary
The items will be purchased from Burpee.com and Lowes.com. They consist of various food seeds,starter plants, soil and gardening supplies. In addition there are accessories for a Tower Garden we already own.
Items
| # | Item Description | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tower garden dolly | $95.00 |
| 2 | Organic fertilizer | $13.00 |
| 3 | Tower garden seedling starter | $31.00 |
| 4 | Tomato cage with spacer | $95.00 |
| 5 | Blackberry plant | $25.00 |
| 6 | Raspberriy plant | $25.00 |
| 7 | Carrot seeds | $6.00 |
| 8 | Sweet corn seeds | $6.00 |
| 9 | Grape tomato plants | $25.00 |
| 10 | All summer cutting sunflower garden | $25.00 |
| 11 | 20 raised bed soils | $200.00 |
| 12 | 10 whiskey barrel planters | $180.00 |
| Total: | $726.00 |
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