Growing high school graduation rates in hockey rink-turned-garden
In effort to increase graduation rates of native American students and teach them about science, nutrition, food costs and medicine, Minnesota medical school plants garden in hockey rink. The gardens, which are blessed each morning, show how individuals, planted in good soil, can grow into something really spectacular as well, says advocate.
Duluth News Tribune 2008-06-27
Categories: EDUCATION, FOODCHAIN, HEALTH & NUTRITION, Nutrition, School Gardens
Index: Bob King, Cailley Thompson, Center of American Indian and Minority Health, Cienna Strother, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, Fond du Lac Reservation, Francene LaDeaux, Francois Medion, Gitigaan garden club, Joni Thompson, Journey Garden Program, Joy Dorscher, Leland Debe, Minnesota, Morningstar Webster, Stephen Smith, Tia Pollak, University of Minnesota Medical School