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What is Farming the Future Education?

Farming The Future is the leader in providing all-in-one school garden kits, classroom grow kits, student take home grow kits and aquaponics. FTF provides dynamic learning solutions for K-12 institutions utilizing agriculture, project based learning and an online virtual teaching platform. Our programs engage learners with fun science projects, engineering problems to be solved, and interactive digital content. We are not just teaching standards, we are also teaching how to integrate core science concepts with real world problems. Our programs integrate agriculture, sustainability and good nutrition with Next Generation Science Standards.

140,000 lbs of produce produced in schools!
500,000+ students reached!

How Farming the Future Education Increases Student Achievement

  • NGSS Aligned Agriculture Curriculum

    Pairs N.G.S.S. aligned curriculum with hands-on projects for enhanced overall academic achievement in K-12 settings, including grades and test scores. Using agriculture as the mechanism for experiential learning. Through experiential learning students gain:

    • A better understanding of the core material
    • A broader view of their community and the larger world
    • Insights into their own skills and interests
    • Opportunities to collaborate with other learners and the larger school community
    • Positive practices and skill sets for future professions Self-confidence and leadership skills

    Connects students with science in the garden, giving them the opportunity to apply NGSS concepts to real world applications.

  • Food, Nutrition, & Science Literacy

    Improved knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding food literacy, nutrition, healthy behaviors, as well as fruit and vegetable consumption among faculty and learners.

    • When schools offer gardens, 44.2 percent of students are found to eat more fruits and vegetables.
    • Gardens have the potential to minimize diet-related diseases in childhood, such as obesity and diabetes, through the promotion of eating fresh fruits and vegetables, specifically for high-risk, low-income students.
    • Increased physical activity during the school day.
    • A demonstrated willingness to try new foods and healthier options in both early childhood and K-12 age groups.

    Teaches true science literacy and the ability to analyze, synthesize and evaluate real world problems and possible solutions. Presents learners with access to STEM content at all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy:

    • Create Evaluate
    • Analyze
    • Apply
    • Understand
    • Remember

  • Health, Wellness, & Life Skills

    Providing children with opportunities for social and emotional growth; improved life skills, self-esteem, social skills and behavior. The promotion of environmental equity and linking concepts of sustainability to social justice.

    Teacher training modules to build horticultural confidence and enthusiasm.

    • The most commonly cited reason for school gardens being less than successful is the lack of background knowledge on the part of the teacher.
    • Programs can be run by classroom teachers or garden coordinators to suit your institutions needs.

    Provides you with everything you need for a successful school garden with Garden to Cafeteria possibilities.

    • All equipment is provided. No need to purchase additional materials.
    • Carefully constructed planting guides and plant information cards ensure successful growing and continuous harvests throughout the growing season.

Farming the Future Education Programs

Teach Science Through the Lens of Agriculture

Full-Year Garden Science Program for K-12 Farming the Future offers a full-year garden program for K-12 that teaches core science concepts and 21st century skills with an agriculture focus. Students learn and practice science while also harnessing important SEL skills in an equity-focused environment. The program is ideal for 100-400 students and can serve 1-4 classrooms. How the Program Works The Full-Year Garden Science Program turns any 10’x10’ space into an outdoor classroom. It can be used as a standalone garden or as an addition to a larger existing school garden. The garden is guaranteed to be successful regardless of the underlying soil — it can even be placed directly on paved surfaces! Teachers incorporate digital lesson plans into their instruction that include vocabulary, scripted lessons, garden maintenance, worksheets, and interactive videos. The program provides year-round harvest, learning, and fun!

Our classroom hydroponic systems include everything you will need to operate this fun STEM Production Lab and are fully automated grow racks that grow microgreens, plus fruits and vegetables. The self-watering system is automatic, so simply maintain the amount of water stored in the tank and the system grows itself. Our prescribed projects and methods are from both professional educators and commercial growers.

 

About the Kits FTF’s K-12 STEM Microgreens Kit is perfect as a take home or in class project. These kits are typically bundled with one of our Table Top Living Labs for students to be able to apply their in-class learning at home. However, these are great stand-alone projects for enrichment, camps, homeschool, or afterschool. Engaging for any k-12 student or adult, one kit provides everything needed to grow hydroponic microgreens.
Easy to build and maintain raised garden bed that conveniently fits in the smallest of outdoor spaces! We can appreciate how difficult it can be to justify taking kids to a garden, which is why our curriculum is intentionally aligned to NGSS.

Grow microgreens in the classroom!

The table top classroom living lab kit provides hands-on engaging projects to teach necessary Next Generation Science Standards. This single table top living laboratory
with curriculum covers 19 Next Generation Science Standards, while bringing agriculture and 21st century applicability to the forefront of your students’ learning.

This is the perfect addition to any outdoor garden or as a stand-alone program in the classroom!

 

Testimonials

Natural Bridge Elementary School
Our school is the lowest socioeconomic level in the community. So most of my kids’ lunches consist of Lunchables and Takis. The fresh fruits and vegetables are something that I really want us to focus on because they just don’t have access to it in our community. One of the nice things is once the students feel confident in growing themselves, they’ll start saving their own seeds for home. Kids are like, “Wait, there are seeds in my cucumber!”
Leyna Hansley
DREAMS Coordinator

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