Presentation at 2014 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference

1. Mass. Sustainable Communities
Conference
Regional and Local Food
Systems: Quabbin Regional
High School
By Karen DiFranza
Hands to Earth:
Educating for a Sustainable World
Delaney Payne and Sophia Kornitsky

2. Quabbin Regional High School
Organic Garden since 2008

3. Keeping tons of organic material out of the
waste stream each year

4. Doing the work: Solar Powered

5. Getting our food directly to
students

6. Introducing real flavor!

7. Classy classroom snacks

8. Friendly kitchen – a new
dimension

9. Harvesting Sugar Snap Peas

10. Mission Statement
The Quabbin Composting
and Organic Gardening
Program works to protect the
environment for future generations by
recycling food resources, through
sustainable agriculture and by
encouraging these practices in our
community

11. Outreach

12. Creating Value-Added Products

13. Herbal Salves and Creams

14. Braided Shallots

15. Barre Farmers Market

16. UMass Medical School
Interns

17. Harvesting healing herbs

18. Enjoying REAL Carrots

19. Making connections

20. For more information, visit
http://quabbincomposting
andgardening.org/
and
http://handstoearth.com/
Related Resources:
http://www.seedsofsolidarity.org/
Less_Trash_More_Compost.pdf
http://aginclassroom.org/
http://www.thegreenteam.org/