GRIMM Family Education Foundation

Buena vista edible schoolyard program (bvesy)bvesy has a partnership with buena vista elementary public school located across the street. They provide the students kindergarten through sixth grade with garden and kitchen lessons throughout the year during school hours. Teaching students where food comes from, how to sustainably grow, and life cycles in the garden lessons. The kitchen lessons teach the students kitchen skills, healthy cooking habits, and how to work with others. Bvesy also will put on classes after school hours with the students and parents of buena vista elementary to further promote healthy eating. The program hosts an annual fundraiser in the springtime to raise funds and community outreach with a plant sale. Bvesy has also been expanding its community outreach hosting cooking classes for others outside of the partnership with the nearby public school. Bvesy is also contracting with other schools to build edible schoolyards on their sites.