Garden to Cafeteria Day November 20, 2013:

Amazing effort from volunteers and staff.  Hard work from first grade farmers and their teachers and families. Delicious menu--roasted carrots, beets, and Brussels sprouts; chunky apple sauce; BNS raised greens and radishes; raw apples.  A great time for everyone.

"Thank you farmers.  Thank you cooks.  Bon appetit."

Urban Farm Corps Volunteers Run the Apple Tasting Test -- Pretty Close to A Three-Way Tie

Two first grade farmers serve their crops in a salad.

Another UFC worker supporting farming and good eating habits.

Four thumbs up for roasted veggies.

Two stickers:  proving that this BNS student has tried roasted veggies and greens.

First Grade Farmers Work Through the Cold Weather

Since the very beginning of the school year, BNS first graders have been farming at BNS Farms.

Under cover of the plastic hoop house, crops continued to grow despite the frost.

 All of their hard work resulted in an abundant harvest of lettuce, radishes, and arugula.

2nd Grade Teacher Saves the Crops

It seems crows were hanging around the lettuce in first grade beds.
Greta heroically chased them away.
And left amused that only in a school like BNS would morning prep include chasing scavengers.
Johanna spotted one of the likely suspects lurking around later in the day.

Time to build scarecrows!

Monarch Release Pictures Just In

Antoinette's and Nancy's Fifth Graders Get  Up Close and Personal With Monarchs 

How Does Our Garden Grow?

With Pipes, Rain Water, Team Work, and People of All Ages and Sizes

At Apple Fest, 2013

October Beach Clean-up

The 17th Annual BNS Plumb Beach Clean-up

These 3rd Graders work hard to remove a plastic trash can .

And despite the grown-ups, this blogger included, who tell them to give up....

They successfully remove it.

Nearly 400 pounds of recyclables and trash were collected for the DOS to remove!

Last Monarch in Brooklyn?

Fifth Grade Raised Monarch Emerges from Chrysalis at Apple Fest.
!Buen viaje a México!

 (translated by Microsoft Translator)

Released October 19, 2013