Reach & teach more kids about healthy food on & off our urban farm. Urban Roots, a program of YouthLaunch

Urban Roots is looking to expand our reach beyond our farm interns to more students in the Austin. We will hire youth outreach specialists to work with Urban Roots staff to create and facilitate educational activities in schools and for after-school field trips to our farm. We will train these youth to lead interactive activities on the farm that teach students about healthy living. In schools, youth will lead activities similar to Veggies Make You Strong, a photo-powerpoint gameshow in which contestants attempt to match vegetables to the associated plant and get interesting nutritional information about those veggies. Students who participate in these age-appropriate, interactive, educational activities either on the farm or in their own classroom will also go home with something tangible, such as a couple of seed packets or a potted plant with instructions on how to plant it. Goal: 15 in-school presentations, 30 field trips to the farm, 1225 students served total