Visionary for school gardens, holistic education, wellness cooking camps building community one garden at a time, mother of 2.
Vancouver/Burnaby BC
Joined February 2009
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Barb Koyanagi retweeted
Garden club afterschool program! Harvesting carrots and seeds for next year! @burnabyschools @Davidk604
Barb Koyanagi retweeted
Back to school means it’s grant writing season for school gardeners! 💰 This updated post highlights available funding & even includes a section for free professional learning & resources teachers can access. Check it out! 👇 meganzeni.com/bc-school-gard…
Barb Koyanagi retweeted
In Ojibwe our word for fire fighters is aategejig (pronounced aa-te-ge-jig). Ojibwe fire fighters blessing the grounds of the devastation left behind.
Harvesting and creating a yummy meal from the crops you grow in a school garden is beyond satisfying, especially with students who cook and eat them all!
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Barb Koyanagi retweeted
For years, Kiss the Ground has shared the stories of farmers and ranchers transitioning to #Regenerative practices. “Five With a Farmer” is a new weekly feature connecting audiences with the heroes who grow our food. Farmers, in many ways are just like us.
🌱COMING SOON🌱
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Want to know what to do with those pesky blackberry canes in your yard? Talk to Nicholas at the SD 36 ScienceFair and he’ll tell you how to turn them into paper!! #sd36 learn # bced
Sprouting Chefs believes in educating the whole child as a way to deeply connect and for students to learn ways of overall wellness. Providing opportunities for students to not only learn how nature heals but ways students can use a variety of mindfulness sproutingchefs.wordpress.com…
Creating and Sustaining the Legacy of a School Garden Program sproutingchefs.wordpress.com…
Barb Koyanagi retweeted
📢 Farm to School BC Grants for 2022 are now open!
We offer two types of grants: the Start-Up grants up to $3,000 and the Scale-Up grants up to $1,000.
The deadline to apply is Sunday, November 13. Learn more about each grant and prepare to apply at farmtoschoolbc.ca/grants.
Barb Koyanagi retweeted
Farmers in Kenya are using solarpower to improve crop yields. The panels help reduce heat stress, reduce water loss, grow larger crops and cut energy bills.
We have the solutions. Stop the delays. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #energy #tech #renewables
Barb Koyanagi retweeted
F2SBC grants for the 2022-23 school year are opening on Monday, October 3, 2022!
To support school communities launching farm to school projects, we offer: Start-Up grants of up to $3,000 and Scale-Up grants of up to $1,000.
Learn more: farmtoschoolbc.ca/grants
Just posted a photo @ Edmonds Community School instagram.com/p/CgUuKVypJkS/… – at Burnaby, British Columbia
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Grade 12 Burnaby Mountain Secondary student Casey Lo was acknowledged at council for her environmental stewardship and volunteering on garden programs in the school district. burnabynow.com/local-news/bu…
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Check out the @bbybeacon feature about two award-winning #BurnabySchools students who were recognized by the @CityofBurnaby for their sustainability work. Read about the projects at school by Smith at Sperling Elementary and Casey @BbyMountainSec: burnabybeacon.com/article/en…
It's been an honor to have been a part of this community and connected to many wonderful students! Celebrated our Cooking Class and Garden Club kids tonight, enjoying many of the crops we grew together in the garden and greenhouse too!
School gardens provide a growing number of opportunities. Read about a @CityofBurnaby Youth Environmental Award for a @BbyMountainSec student connected to her school garden work, and the benefits of a garden project at Royal Oak Alternate Program & more: ow.ly/A7Or50JFb5P
