Edible Education Experience

Edible Schoolyard-Orlando Junior Academy
30 East Evans Street
Orlando, FL 32804
(407) 898-1251

Program
Program Administrator: Sarah Cahill (407-448-1031)
Grade Level: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School
Students Served: 100-500
Program Type: Organic Garden, Organic Kitchen Classroom, Academic Classroom
School Garden Classroom: Brad Jones
School Kitchen Classroom: Chef Kevin Fonzo, Chef Sarah Cahill

Orlando Junior Academy is a Christian school, K-8th grade, located in the neighborhood of College Park in Orlando, Florida. Our school’s purpose is to educate every student with knowledge and life skills to make educated decisions in every aspect of daily decisions. The garden's purpose is to extend the students' curriculum beyond the classroom to the outdoors where the natural world becomes the textbook. Our nutritional science lab also challenges the typical classroom setting by integrating math and science into the cultural appreciation of nutritious, healthy and delicious food. These venues provide our students with experiences that are inspiring and engaging, experiences that require critical thinking skills, discipline and physical activity. Through the edible schoolyard philosophy we enjoy the satisfaction of real work and gain a greater understanding and appreciation of our food. The Edible Schoolyard experience, both in the garden and kitchen classrooms, gives the experience that is not only practical, beneficial, and fun, but one that wakes them up to themselves and their world. It helps them engage with a purpose to their surroundings and what they can give back. Not only do the students change but their school changes too.
There can be no INSPIRED cooking without first having INSPIRED farming followed by INSPIRED shopping!