The Marion Institute is expanding its Grow Education Farm-to-School Program into Fall River Public Schools, according to a community announcement.

This fall, third-grade students at Westall, Tansey and Watson elementary schools will begin exploring nutrition, environmental science and plant life cycles through newly installed school gardens. The project is a collaboration between the Marion Institute's Grow Education program and B.M.C. Durfee High School's Construction Craft Laborers program.

Students in the program have built and are now installing 21 raised garden beds – seven at each elementary school – creating spaces where third graders can learn by growing their own food.

The launch will begin with a professional development day for participating educators, equipping teachers with the tools, resources and confidence to integrate garden-based learning into their classrooms throughout the school year.

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