$2,000 Available Toward School Garden Projects:
Green Living Wall School Garden - GLTi Mobile Edible Wall Unit Qualifies

Rochester, NY. November 26, 2011 - The School Garden Grant Program is a collaboration between Whole Kids Foundation, Whole Foods Market and FoodCorps. Thanks to the generosity of Whole Foods Market customers, Whole Kids Foundation is able to provide grants of $2,000 to support school garden projects in the US, UK and Canada.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

Applicants must:

• Be a nonprofit school or school district (public, private or charter, elementary, middle or secondary) or a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working in partnership with one or more schools.
• Have the capacity to manage grant funds responsibly and the skills and experience necessary to undertake a project involving school gardens.
• Demonstrate that the garden project has strong participation from stakeholders, including the school principal, volunteers and a community partner.
• Demonstrate that thoughtful consideration is being given to the technical challenges of school garden construction and maintenance: soil testing, water availability, tool storage and municipal regulations.
• Articulate a compelling plan for integrating the garden into the life of the school and community, including plans to put the garden's produce to good use.

Foundation Grant Information: http://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/gardengrants-application.php

Unlike other garden programs that start in April and end in June when students leave school, the Green Living Technologies International, LLC (GLTi) Mobile Edible Wall garden program starts in September! From the time the kits arrive at the school the learning is immediate! Designed around the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) philosophy, students take part in virtually every aspect of core curriculum including Physical Education and Art. Students work in groups to unpack the kit, inventory the parts, assemble the unit, calculate yields, measure the media, record and collect data and more. Complete with teacher and student guide, this is the same unit that has helped increase attendance from 43% to 93% and 100% passing on the NYS science and math regents.

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About Green Living Technologies International, LLC (GLTi)
Green Living Technologies International, LLC (GLTi) is a privately held environmental / green technologies manufacturer providing patented products and services that facilitate the integration of vegetative technologies like Green Roofs, Green Walls, Vertical Agriculture and Green Education. As the technology partner for the New York City School district we provide a complete package that includes custom manufacturing, design, consulting, products, services and warranties. CEO George Irwin is a published author and authority on green wall / roof technologies known as the “Green Wall Editor” for the number one green roof and wall website in the world, www.greenroofs.com.

GLTi is also the inventor of the edible wall technology growing food on a large scale known as GLTi Food Factories. A leader in “Zero Miles” from farm to table with indoor and outdoor edible walls for the freshest fruit and produce in urban environments, parking lots, brown field sites, schools, roof tops and job training programs with a variety of options that allow for commercial scaled production to a single mobile unit for classroom use.