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Garden to Café Evaluation Team

Garden to Café Evaluation Team. Trisha Bowker . Daniel Clason-Hook . Klara K Ibarra. The Garden to Café Pilot.

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Garden to Café Evaluation Team

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  1. Garden to Café Evaluation Team Trisha Bowker . Daniel Clason-Hook . Klara K Ibarra

  2. The Garden to Café Pilot Garden to School Café is a collaboration of NYC Department of Education, SchoolFood, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets, and more than 20 community based organizations to incorporate student-grown food into the school menu.

  3. 50% of our Nation’s children between ages 2 and 15 have fatty streaks in their arteries. • 33% of children born in 2000 will develop Type 2 diabetes. This number rises to 40-50% for African American and Latino children • 17% of our Nation’s children are obese. • 35% of cancer deaths are caused by diet. Why?

  4. Garden to Café Pilot Objectives • Increase students’ healthful eating by promoting consumption of more plant-based menu items. • Connecting kids to local food and farming. • Increase awareness of the benefits of school gardening. • Demonstrate the learning opportunity of integrating school gardening and school lunch.

  5. Team Goal To conduct a process evaluation for New York State Department of Ags and Markets of their Garden to Cafe Pilot project

  6. Team Objectives 1: Evaluate the process designed for schools to participate in the Pilot 2: Evaluate the working relationship between school garden teams and State Department of Ags. and Markets. 3: Present analytical report with recommendations for future programming.

  7. Methodology 12 Observational school site visits 3 Focus groups • Background research on farm to school initiatives • 15 Interviews • Online survey

  8. Garden to Café Implementation Structure

  9. School Gardens Onsite School Garden Earth Boxes

  10. School Gardens Community Gardens Farm/ Farm Partnership

  11. Harvest Days The Harvest Day event was the culmination of the Garden to Café Pilot. It celebrated the cooperative work of garden coordinators, student gardeners and SchoolFood staff.

  12. Harvest Days

  13. Garden Coordinator and SchoolFood Successes

  14. Garden Coordinator and SchoolFood Challenges

  15. Garden Coordinator and SchoolFood Future Visions

  16. Project Conclusions • Project was a first step in addressing some of the nutrition and health problems previously identified • New relationships between NYS Ags and Markets, SchoolFood and participating public schools were formed. • Project is an integral step to bringing locally grown foods into school cafeterias. • Demonstrated a great willingness and demand for change

  17. PIA Project Conclusions • Reinforces program development and project management skills. • Opportunity for professional field evaluation experience. • Data analysis and compilation of comprehensive analytical report. • Managing client relations and group dynamics.

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