The Las Vegas Sun – Katie Visconti
“Traditional classrooms are filled with desks and whiteboards. Bracken has buried tradition in favor of growing something new: classroom gardens. It is among dozens of Clark County schools that, thanks to local nonprofit Green Our Planet, have a on-campus gardens. Since it began in January 2013, Green Our Planet has helped build gardens in 64 Clark County schools. The goal is to teach local children about environmental issues, health and conservation, and expose them to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) topics. Students learn about plant growth and decomposition, participate in weekly farmers markets selling produce they grow, and receive instruction from local chefs and farmers about food and nutrition. Fifth-graders even are tasked with protecting the gardens after school from younger, strawberry-stealing students.”(more)