Course Description: Students will manage and grow the Roosevelt Urban Farm. The food grown on campus will be a part of the Garden 2 Cafeteria program. Through care and maintenance of the farm, students will learn biology and biochemistry, entrepreneurial and professional skills, social studies and life skills. We will incorporate Native American traditions and farming strategies, and native plants will be integrated into curriculum.
2013-2014 Roosevelt Urban Farm (RUF) at Roosevelt High School (RHS) began in 2013. Once a week SPARK-Y joined Ms. Carter and Ms. Clarke's classes. They learned about aquaponics and the farm was born!
2014-2015 During the 2014-15 school year, Ms. Carter ran RUF as an afterschool club. Our beautiful greenhouse was also built in 2014. The timber framed greenhouse includes three raised beds and a potting bench.
2015-17 RHS encorporated RUF into the school day with one class being taught as an elective.
2017-2020 RHS expanded the RUF class and added a section. There are now two classes of RUF being taught as an elective.
MN Schoolyard Garden Coalition's photos of our farm
Schools need to grow their own gardens, says this lunch lady
Roosevelt Urban Farm: A Garden to Cafeteria Success Story
Planting community at Hosmer Library
First red tomatoes