Edible Schoolyard | New Orleans
Welcome to the Edible Schoolyard New Orleans
Edible Schoolyard NOLA changes the way kids eat, learn and live at FirstLine Schools in New Orleans. Our goal is to improve the long-term well being of our students, families and school community.
"Come on girls, you've got your shovels? We have to find the most beautiful soil in the garden!."- S. J. Charter 4th grader during the "Soil Beauty Contest" lesson
Founded in 2006, Edible Schoolyard New Orleans (ESY NOLA) changes the way kids eat, learn, and live at five (5) FirstLine public charter schools in New Orleans. Our goal is to improve the long-term well being of our students, families, and school community. We do this by integrating hands-on organic gardening and seasonal cooking into the school curriculum, culture, and cafeteria programs. ESY NOLA involves students in all aspects of growing, harvesting, preparing and enjoying food together as a means of awakening their senses, cultivating a school environment that promotes a sense of pride and responsibility for our land and natural resources, and developing a love of fresh, seasonal foods.
Community News
Chef Nathan Winner, our newest ESY NOLA ambassador, "pops up" across the street from Dat Dog, 5031 Freret Street, on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-6pm with his Carnival Pies. He will give us 10% of his sales proceeds from now until Mardi Gras.
Read the article in NOLA Defender
See the WGNO TV segment NOLA Pie Guy for a Good Cause on "Good Morning New Orleans"
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A native New Orleanian, Claudia has enjoyed serving the non-profit community for the past 30 years both as an executive and as an independent consultant From 2004 through 2011. Claudia served as the Executive Director of New Orleans Outreach, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of public education in New Orleans by bringing community resources and volunteers into the schools. Before this she served as Director of Young Aspirations/Young Artists (YA/YA), Inc., an arts and social service organization that trains urban youth to become professional artists.
FirstLine Schools and Edible Schoolyard New Orleans are pleased to welcome Claudia to the team.
About 40 students gathered in the lunch room at Langston Hughes Academy charter school recently to sample and rate potential menu items made from local products.
“We want to try to match Louisiana producers with schools around the state,” said Pam Hodson, LSU AgCenter public relations and information specialist.
Read the full story from the LSU Ag Center