Resources For Educators

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Connecting the Classroom, Cafeteria, and Garden

Watch as students meet a local farmer, try organic berries, and show off the bounty of their school garden.

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California's Climate-Smart Farms Activities

How does climate change affect the foods we eat? How does our food affect climate change? And how can we develop healthy responses to meet the climate challenges our young people will face?

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Gather Viewing Guide

Discuss and explore Native American food sovereignty in the classroom through the award-winning documentary film.

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Resources For Food Service Professionals

Growing for Schools / Cultivando para las Escuelas

A Farmer’s Guide for Exploring New Markets / Una guía para agricultores sobre cómo explorar nuevos mercados

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Farm to School Procurement Checklist

Steps to Get Started with Local Procurement

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Center for Ecoliteracy staff and partners with Senator Laird

2026 Advocacy Priorities

We advocate for policies to advance food justice and provide children with equitable access to free, nutritious school meals.

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Our Books

Ecoliterate

Ecoliterate

Ecoliterate brings you stories of educators, activists, and students who nourish emotional, social, and ecological intelligence in order to engage ecoliteracy.

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Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World

Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World

Michael Pollan says our book "makes a critical contribution to rethinking how we teach our children about their place in nature. The best book of its kind."

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