Health and Wellness

Healthy Food and Garden Initiatives

Indicators

Small-scale food garden projects: container veggie gardens, herb gardens, single-unit tower garden, window-box gardens, etc.
Large-scale food garden projects: raised-bed gardens, extensive use of container gardens, in- ground gardens with multiple features, multi-unit hydroponic/tower gardens, aquaponic garden system, etc.
Students actively participate in researching, planting, tending, and/or harvesting food gardens
Teaching units and activities focused on how plants grow, where our food comes from, nutrition

& healthy eating
School offers programs or extracurricular activities that promote education about healthy, local,

sustainable foods (ex. culinary arts program, “healthy cooking club,” etc.)
Administration provides healthy snack options in school vending machines (as permitted)
School involves families in garden and/or shares school produce with families and community
Other healthy food and garden initiative(s)

Developing a school garden

Kids' Corner nutrition and physical activity interactive website and games

Florida Department of Agriculture maintain, and sustain a school garden

Tips for teachers promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in the Classroom

What is MyPlate?

benefits og healthy eating

Garden Lesson plan:

Food and Carbon

Grades K-5

Healthy Eating Lessons

Physical Fittness and Well-being

Indictors

Physical and health education requirements that EXCEED established district, state, or federal requirements
Extracurricular sports, fitness, and/or outdoor activity clubs involving students and staff
School-wide activities and fundraisers that promote health and well-being: walk-a-thons, dance

marathons, 5K races, etc.
Programs and initiatives to promote social & emotional well-being and improved psychological

health of students and staff
Best practices to improve indoor air quality such as removing excess storage, reducing dust,

eliminating aerosols/air fresheners, changing cardboard boxes for plastic, etc.)
Other physical fitness and/or well-being initiative(s)