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Mabelvale Garden Update »Mabelvale Garden Update This past week, Karl Heinbockel and fellow Delta Garden Study interns have had the opportunity to escape the fluorescent lights of the office and work in the bright sunshine at the Mabelvale Magnet Middle School gardens and greenhouse. In spite of the oppressive heat, there is still much to do to prepare for the coming school year at Mabelvale Magnet Middle School. We are removing the residue from last year's crops (and weeds!) and replacing them with a buckwheat cover crop to revitalize the soil. The buckwheat cover crop suppresses weed growth and once tilled in will add important organic material back into the soil. This allows new plants the ample nutrients necessary to blossom with great vigor. Healthy soil has been our focus this summer. In the fall, we will concentrate our efforts at producing a variety of food crops with the help of our students at Mabelvale! In the coming weeks, we will be continuing to clean up and organize the garden and greenhouse spaces so that this school year will be a great one for Delta Garden Study's showcase garden - Mabelvale!
FrontPage Article »See the Progress on our New Gardens! Don't forget to visit our Garden Schools’ webpages for pictures and stories about the progress of our new gardens. Liana, Kevin, Ryan and Cale have been busy developing their sites, planting a late summer garden, and getting to know their communities. Many thanks to all of their community members who have donated materials, equipment and labor!
About The Delta Garden Study »About The Delta Garden Study The Delta Garden Study is a $2 million research study funded by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service designed to prevent childhood obesity and social risk behaviors, and improve academic achievement, in middle school children in the Delta and Central regions of Arkansas.

Delta Garden Study named as a FoodCorps Host Site
as Part of 10-State Launch

FoodCorps, a new national AmeriCorps school garden and farm-to-school service program, has named the DGS as one of 10 Host Sites it will collaborate with to launch the initiative. FoodCorps will serve vulnerable children, improving access to healthy, affordable food, while training young leaders for careers in food and agriculture. FoodCorps service members will be placed at each of our four garden schools during the 2011-2012 school year

FoodCorps means new opportunities for people to work in service for our communities on issues of childhood obesity prevention and farm to school. Delta Garden Study FoodCorps members will be placed in the fall of 2011 at DGS garden sites, creating 6 new jobs in the Central and Delta regions of the state. They will assist the DGS Garden Manager to build and maintain the garden and to educate students about healthy food and nutrition. The FoodCorps planning team reviewed 108 Host Site proposals submitted from 39 states and the District of Columbia. To hear more listen to this story on KUAR FM 89.1.

 

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