Be part of history building a Food Forest at Rio Vista Elementary School that will feed and educate students for generations to come!

About the Project: The Rio Vista Food Forest is an educational site Growing Healthy Kids is developing to create a food forager's oasis in our schools! The site plan models the best practices of permaculture and sustainable agriculture for our students, and will restore a habitat for native plants and animals on a 45,000 square foot plot at Rio Vista Elementary School. With the help of community members, our team is filling this site with plant life that will produce fruits and flowers all year round so students and community members can enjoy the garden in every season!

Help needed: Led by a Growing Healthy Kids staff, volunteers will work on planting a native understory under the oak trees, building out planter beds in the central farm…