The Coop School's Rooftop Edible Garden, Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York, United States · Operator: The Coop School (in the Edible Schoolyard Project network)
Overview
The Coop School in Brooklyn runs a rooftop edible garden that turns scarce urban space into a place for children's food education. Registered in the Berkeley-founded Edible Schoolyard Project network, it converts a rooftop gap-space into a learning garden.
Citizen participation
Pupils grow vegetables in the rooftop edible garden, learning about food, nutrition and the environment through growing, harvesting and cooking.
Operating model
An education program run by an independent school following the Edible Schoolyard Project model.
Impact
Shared as an example that rooftop-based food education works even at schools in a dense city.
Crops
- leafy greens
- herbs
- seasonal vegetables
Scale
Rooftop edible garden serving an independent elementary school
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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