This page contains the basic information in the HCFS Wild School Gardens Handbook binder in case you don’t have the hardcopy version or need to see the source materials. Some links no longer available.
Wild School Gardens Handbook
Kids growing food with biodiversity, wildlife, and climate in mind.
January 2014 Edition
What’s Inside:
Tab1: Introduction : What are “Wild School Gardens” and what resources are available on the www.hcfs.org website.
Tab 2: Selected Handouts: Bee Boards, Nature’s Notebook Citizen Science for schools, Farming for Pollinators, Biodiversity on Farms, WFA Pyramid, Mesa Verde Guide to Local Producers, Colorado Farm to School Primer (Primer now on-line only).
Tab 3: Food System Tool Booklets: explaining healthy local food from field and garden to plate:
• Farm to School
• Biodiverse and Wildlife Friendly Food Systems
• Climate-Friendly Food Systems
• Sustainable Food Choices
• Extending the Local Food Season
• Year-Round Local Food Calendars
• How and Why to Buy Local
• Native Farming Practices
• Rebuilding Your Local Food System
• List of all 16 Tools available online
Tab 4: Wild Farm Briefing Papers: explaining how biodiverse food systems are important in communities and across the landscape:
• Wild Pollinators: Agriculture’s Forgotten Partners
• Making Connections for Nature: The Conservation Value of Wild Farming
• Water: Life Blood of the Landscape
• Grazing for Biodiversity: The Co-Existence of Farm Animals and Native Species
• Agricultural Cropping Patterns: Integrating Wild Margins
• Local Control in the Global Arena
Tab 5: Additional Materials: to be added as available
