Green Bronx Machine - Edible Wall Classroom
New York (Bronx), United States · Operator: Green Bronx Machine (Stephen Ritz)
Overview
America's first '100% edible classroom', using an edible wall to drive food education in a Bronx school.
Citizen participation
Students grow vegetables on the classroom edible wall and learn by harvesting, cooking and even selling the crops
Operating model
Non-profit education program providing school curriculum and tower-garden edible-wall setups
Impact
Attendance rose from 40% to 93%; over 50,000 lbs grown, feeding hundreds of students healthy meals.
Crops
- leafy greens
- herbs
- tomatoes
- peas
- strawberries
Scale
教室内の床から天井までの可食ウォール/タワーガーデン / floor-to-ceiling indoor edible wall & tower gardens
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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