school greenhouse guide
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What to know when considering building a greenhouse on your schoolTRANSCRIPT
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Environmental benefits Ec
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Increased access to fresh, healthy food
Food health literacy
Increased physical activity
Storm water management
Food with reduced
carbon footprint
Awareness of food system and ecology
Green job training
Food affordability
Local economic development
Youth development and education
Improved food security
Intergenerational collaboration
Considering building a greenhouse at your school? There are three main bene-fits from building a green-house on or nearby your school: food production, education, and job training. Achieving excellence in all three of these areas is chal-lenging considering the small spaces that schools often have to work with.
Blue Planet works with you early on to determine what matters most to your school and how we can integrate the very best greenhouse into your space and programming. We keep these priorities in mind from the design stage all the way through pro-gram development and implementation.
Lets build a lasting legacy for your school, lets grow futures together.
Blue Planet Offers Turnkey Urban Agriculture for Schools and Institutions
We are growers! Blue Planet operates two hydroponic green-houses near Saratoga Springs. Our clients ben-efit from the lessons we have learned and sup-port from our experi-enced hydroponic green-house growers.
Quantifiable impacts We know how important it is to develop a detailed and comprehen-sive analysis of a project. Thats why we use empirical data to calcu-late yields, food cost savings, capi-tal and operational costs, and job creation.
STEM Curriculums Is education your top priority? Benefit from our education curriculum developed by sus-tainability experts: it teaches students the essentials of hydroponics and uses activity-based learning to inspire them to be innovators.
Job Training Blue Planet partners with local greenhouse and hydroponic certification programs near your school and develops a bespoke job training pro-gram utilizing on-site greenhouses to offer trainees valuable skills and career opportunities.
Promotion Through Agritecture.com we offer a platform to promote your urban agriculture activi-ties. Furthermore, we attract the best vendors through high-visibility RFPs.
Industry experts Our team communicates with urban agriculture experts daily, giving you access to their input and valuable experience. Whatev-er your challenge, we know the solution.
Tell us more about your school and goals: Fill out the form on the back! [email protected]
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Help us get to know you better! Organization name: _____________________________________________________________
Website: _____________________________________________________________________
Contact name: _____________________________ Title: ______________________________
Phone number: ____ - ____ - _____ Email address: _____________________________
How did you hear about us? ______________________________________________________
Your project Location address: _______________________________________________________________
City: _______________________ State: _______________________ ZIP code: _________
Dimensions of buildable area: _____ x _____ Indoor Outdoor
Number of students: _____
Which of these most describes your goals (in order of importance)?
__ Food production __ Education __ Job training What are you interested in growing?
Leafy greens Tomatoes Microgreens Other: ________________ Do you want to:
Sell the produce? Consume the produce on site?
Do you intend on hiring additional staff for this project (i.e. trainer; manager)? Yes No
In regards to education, are there specific STEM-related curriculum standards you are trying to achieve or do you want something different? ______________________________________
What (if any) food safety rules does your organization abide by? ______________________________________________________________________________
Are you interested in assistance with:
Business Plan development GAP Certification (learn more) Job training certification
Staff recruiting Promotion Identifying local partners
Questions/ Additional Information?
Talk to us! Send this form to [email protected].
Organization name: Website: Contact name: Title: Phone number: undefined: undefined_2: Email address: How did you hear about us: Location address: City: State: ZIP code: Dimensions of buildable area: x: Indoor: Outdoor: Number of students: Leafy greens: Tomatoes: Microgreens: Do you want to: Other: Sell the produce: Consume the produce on site: Do you intend on hiring additional staff for this project ie trainer manager:
STEM related/ different: Business Plan development: GAP Certification learn more: Job training certification: Staff recruiting: Promotion: Identifying local partners: Questions Additional Information: Food production: Job training: Education: Food safety rules: