This webinar is hosted by the School Garden Support Organization Network
This webinar details the innovative techniques designed to accommodate students with disabilities using differentiated methods and adaptive equipment carefully chosen to provide each student the opportunity to participate and gain valuable vocational horticulture skills leading to possible employment. Winner of the Grand Prize National Magna Award, this comprehensive program showcases the transition process through hands-on experiences producing food products for fine dining establishments in Detroit, retail outlets and sale at our nation's largest food hub, Eastern Market. We will highlight the techniques and plans for creating the nation's largest Farm to School/Table program, including the development of corporate/educational partners to aid and maintain the program's viability and sustainability, obtaining grant funds, and staff/community involvement.Presenters will include:- Michael Crag, Detroit Public Schools Community DistrThis live webinar is a part of the six month Growing School Garden Summit Webinar Series, featuring presentations from the March 2024 Growing School Gardens Summit, hosted by the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation in partnership with Life Lab and the SGSO Network.