Join the Food Revolution
CULTIVATING A NEW GENERATION OF ENGAGED EATERS
Elementary School
Our award-winning school garden program for Kindergarten through 5th Grade gets students out of the classroom and into the dirt growing their own food through our trademarked Salad Days™ and Fall Harvest Days™ Programs
Middle School
Our unique school-grown corn and wheat programs, as well as school garden soil health units, tap into science and social studies curricula while giving middle school students the chance to grow and pop their own corn and plant and harvest wheat that they thresh, winnow, mill and make bread with
Bring Us to Your School
Backyard Growers is based in Gloucester, MA, but works with schools and districts across New England through our Share The Harvest Program. To date, over 15,000 students outside of Gloucester have found a connection to growing their own healthy food through our school garden program models
together we POWER CAPE ANN’S VEGGIE GARDENS
Explore what we achieved together during the 2023 growing season and beyond, empowering kids, seniors, and families to grow their own fresh food.
Backyard Growers in Action
91%
of community gardeners report their families eat more vegetables as a result of their gardens
400+
raised garden beds built
31
private and public schools and districts have implemented our school program model
20,000+
Massachusetts students are learning through Backyard Growers as of 2020
7,500
servings of fresh food in Gloucester schools annually