Dear GrowingGreat Friends,This year I have visited beautiful vegetable gardens filled with smiling children, but what I remember the most is the schools that look like fortresses, covered in cement and surrounded by fences. GrowingGreat is making a difference. The first low-income school in our...
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(by Veronica Sanchez, GrowingGreat Program Assistant) Did you ever wonder how today’s generation of teens will learn to develop a love for healthy food and cooking skills? This fall, thanks to a generous grant from the Steinmetz Family Foundation, GrowingGreat is teaming up with St. Pius X St...
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The second issue of our parent/child series “Play with your food/Juguemos con la comida” is now available on our website. In this English and Spanish activity, called “What’s for Dinner?/Que hay para cenar?,” children will learn about the five food groups while...
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On September 26th, thanks to a generous grant from the Steinmetz Family Foundation, GrowingGreat (GG) and Pius X Matthias Academy (PMA) worked together to transform a piece of dry, barren land into an edible garden classroom on the PMA campus in Downey, open to students and the community. Thanks...
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Stephany Fuentes is a student at Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, CA, one of our partner schools participating in the GrowingGreat Chefs program, blending the science of cooking and nutrition to prepare teens for living independently. For more information, email...
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It’s time to go back to school! Check out these 3 delicious, nourishing and brain-fueling ideas for your children’s lunch boxes. 1. Greek Salad Pita Sandwich INGREDIENTS: 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1/2 cup of chopped seeded plum or cherry tomatoes 1...
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Chef Stavaridis talked to Los Angeles Magazine about inspiring the next generation of chefs through the Manhattan House and GrowingGreat‘s partnership: “When I was a kid, I never really looked up at anybody and saw that I had a chance to be a chef,” she says. “And some of these...
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This is a guest post by our friends at Planet Bee Foundation. Fruits and many types of vegetables start as flowers. To make the transformation from bloom to table, these flowers have to be pollinated. In the United States, bees pollinate 1/3 of every bite we take, but this year, we lost 40% of...
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GrowingGreat congratulates our friend, Chef Diana Stavaridis, who was mentioned in CBS’s article Best Up & Coming Female Chefs In Los Angeles. The article explains that “Diana was tapped to helm Manhattan Beach’s Manhattan House, using her accumulated knowledge of everything from...
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GrowingGreat was featured in the May Science Beyond the Boundaries Preschool Experiment of the Month. In this experiment, children plant radish seeds in a cup decorated with a nose, mouth, and eyes to create “Radish Kid” heads. Over a few weeks, watch the Radish Kid’s...
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