非营利组织 MEVO 获20.7万美元联邦资助：为 Mahwah 六所学校建菜园与温室，系 Bergen County 唯一获资助项目
非营利组织 Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization（MEVO）获得一笔20.7万美元的联邦资助，将把学校菜园、温室与农业实践课程带到新泽西州 Mahwah 镇的全部六所学校。这笔资助是该组织获得的第二笔美国农业部 Farm to School 资助，也是 Bergen County 唯一获资助的项目。
资助将用于在另外三所学校新建菜园、在 Mahwah High School 建一座温室，并扩大面向不同年级学生的农业课程。此前2024年的一笔资助已在该镇三所小学建起菜园，三年级学生在食堂进行口味测试并参加菜园课程，还参观了该组织位于 Campgaw Mountain Reservation 的 Fresh Roots Farm。
扩大后的课程按年级设计：三年级学习植物生长与时令饮食，五年级学习草本植物栽培，七年级学习土壤健康，高中高年级学生可参加暑期与秋季农业实习，内容包括温室管理与种植 Munsee Wampum bean 等具文化意义的作物。MEVO 执行主任 Violet Reed 表示，这笔资金让项目扩展到整个学区。MEVO 是一家由青年主导的环境非营利组织，自2008年成立以来估计有1.2万名志愿者提供了超过7万小时的环保服务。
Nonprofit MEVO Wins $207,000 Federal Grant to Bring Gardens and a Greenhouse to All Six Mahwah Schools, the Only Award in Bergen County
The Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization (MEVO), a nonprofit, has received a $207,000 federal grant that will bring school gardens, a greenhouse and hands-on agricultural lessons to all six township schools in Mahwah, New Jersey. It is the organization's second USDA Farm to School grant and the only one awarded in Bergen County.
The grant will fund gardens at three additional schools, a greenhouse at Mahwah High School and expanded agricultural programming for students at different grade levels. An earlier grant in 2024 brought gardens to the township's three elementary schools, where third graders ran taste tests in school cafeterias, took part in in-garden programming and visited the organization's Fresh Roots Farm on Campgaw Mountain Reservation.
The expanded curriculum is tailored by grade: third graders get lessons on plant growth and seasonal eating, fifth graders explore herb cultivation, seventh graders study soil health, and high school seniors are eligible for summer and fall agricultural internships covering greenhouse management and crops of cultural significance such as the Munsee Wampum bean. MEVO Executive Director Violet Reed said the funding allows the program to scale district-wide. MEVO is a youth-led environmental nonprofit founded in 2008; it estimates 12,000 volunteers have provided over 70,000 hours of environmental service.
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图片来源：图：一名儿童在菜园里用小工具翻土。来源：Shixart1985，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0。 / Photo: A child digging in a garden with a small tool. Source: Shixart1985, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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