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Contributions of goods and/or services help SFC move our mission forward – allowing someone to grow their own food, connect with their local farmers for access to affordable, nutritional food, and prepare local food in a healthy manner for their families. Contact [email protected] for more information on how to donate.

Wish List

GROW LOCAL

School Garden Curriculum

Garden Basics/Plants

  • Junior Master Gardener Teacher Leader Guide (Elementary, Middle)
  • Junior Master Gardener Handbook (Elementary, Middle)
  • The Budding Botanist, AIMS Center for Math & Science Education (3rd to 6th)
  • Primarily Plants, AIMS Center for Math & Science Education (K-3rd)

Cooking

  • Kids in the Kitchen, Sara Cotner (Early Elementary)
  • Children’s Kitchen Garden, Georgeanne Brennan (Early Elementary)
  • Cooking with Children, Lynn Walters (Kinder-8th)

Food

  • Learn Grow Eat Go, Junior Master Gardener (3rd – 6th)
  • Health and Nutrition, Junior Master Gardener (Elementary)

Subjects

  • Math in the Garden, Jennifer White (Elementary, Middle)
  • Literature in the Garden, Junior Master Gardener (Elementary, Middle)
  • Growing Food, Columbia University (Elementary)

Training Items

  • Rolling cart for trainings
  • Easel for trainings

Teaching Garden & Classes

Bat House:

Worm Bin:

Garden Tools:

Honeybee Observation Hive:

Children’s Literature for Library and Field Trips

  • The Gardener - David Small
  • Brother Eagle, Sister Sky – Susan Jeffers
  • Plantzilla – Jerdine Nolen
  • Tops and Bottoms – Janet Stevens
  • Ghost Wings - Barbara Joosse
  • The Ugly Vegetables – Grace Lin
  • I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato – Lauren
  • The Vegetables We Eat – Gail Gibbons
  • Two Old Potatoes and Me – John Coy
  • Corn is Maize – Aliki
  • Where the Butterflies Grow – Joanne Ryder
  • In the Garden with Dr. Carver – Susa Grigsby
  • Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney
  • Shanleya’s Quest – Thomas Elpel
  • Diary of a Worm (Spider, Fly) - Doreen Cronin
  • A Seed is Sleepy – Dianna Hutts Aston
  • A Nest is Noisy – Diana Hutts Aston
  • A Butterfly is Patient – Dianna Hutts Aston
  • Shelterwood – Susan Hand Shetterly
  • The Tree That Time Built – Mary Ann Hoberman
  • Jack’s Garden – Henry Cole

FARM DIRECT

  • 4 new LTE enabled iPads for markets/Double Dollars (they are in the budget, but free is also good).
  • Yard games for markets
  • Gas cards

THE HAPPY KITCHEN

  • A “Hula Hoe” and hand weed tools for the garden
  • 5-10 coloring books
  • 10-15 jars of playdough
  • Stickers for kids
  • Quiet toys for kids ages 3-5 (sets of blocks, finger puppets, board books)
  • 8 potato mashers
  • 8 pitchers
  • Latex and non-latex gloves
  • KitchenAid Food Grinder attachment for mixer
  • Heavy-bottom saucepans and sauté pans, like All-clad or Calphalon (not non-stick)
  • Enameled cast iron cookware, all sizes
  • Liquid measuring cups (1,2 and 4-cup sizes)
  • Pickle crocks (for storage/display or for making pickles)
  • Cooling racks
  • Trivets/hot pads
  • Silicone spatulas
  • Digital food thermometers

SFC-WIDE

  • Camera with a tri-pod
  • Printing services for display materials
  • Local food business gift certificates