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2024 Offsite Workshops and Consulting
STEM Education Central Coast Conference, Monterey, CA
Growing Schools Garden Summit, San Diego, CA
2023 Offsite Workshops and Consulting
Santa Paula Unified School District, Santa Paula, CA
SEI: Building Leaders for a Resilient World, San Francisco, CA
Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, Jefferson, LA
Emeril Foundation Partner School, Starlight Elementary, Watsonville, CA
Life Lab Certified School Garden Educator Course, Cohort 5 with participants from around the country and Spain.
The Kaust School, Saudia Arabia
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Cunningham Elementary School, Austin, TX
Russo/McEntee Academy, San Jose, CA
2023 Conference Presentations and Talks
Justice Outside, Oakland, CA
Edible Schoolyard, Berkeley, CA
International Master Gardeners Conference, Overland Park, Kansas
2022 Workshops and Consulting
Mt. Diablo Unified School District, Mt. Diablo, CA
Pomeroy Elementary School, Saratoga, CA
Denver Urban Gardens, Denver, CO
Life Lab Certified School Garden Educator Course Cohort 4 with participants from around the country
SGSO Leadership Institute, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 Conference Presentations and Talks
Oregon Farm and School Conference, Virtual
Kids Gardening STEAM Webinar, Virtual
Growing School Gardens Summit, Denver, CO
Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County, OH, Virtual
2021 Workshops and Consulting
Terracorps, Lowell, MA
Newark Public Schools, Newark, NJ
Austin 4-H, Austin, TX
Agnes Charter School, Humbolt, CA
Climate Core Education Outside / SEI, Bay Area, CA
Community Bridges Bilingual Workshop, Watsonville, CA
East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District, Turlock, CA
Emeril Foundation Partner School, Starlight Elementary, Watsonville, CA
Life Lab Certified School Garden Educator Course with participants from around the country and world including Brazil, Mexico, and Canada
2021 Conference Presentations and Talks
National Children and Youth Gardening Symposium, Virtual
California Science Education Conference, Virtual
2020 Workshops and Consulting
Oster Elementary, San Jose, CA
MEarth, Carmel, CA
Terracorps, Lowell, MA
Climate Corps Education Outside / SEI, Bay Area, CA
SGSO Leadership Institute - Promising Practices, Virtual
2020 Conference Presentations and Talks
School Garden Almanac Conference, Tuscon, AZ
Paso Del Norte Edible Education Conference, Las Cruces, NM
Farm to Cafeteria Conference, CA
National Children and Youth Gardening Symposium, Virtual
North American Association for Environmental Education, Virtual
2019 Offsite Workshops and Consulting
Emeril Foundation Partner School - New Orleans, Louisiana
Emeril Foundation Partner School - Austin, Texas
National FoodCorps Orientation (pre-service training), Portland, Oregon
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mount Diablo Unified School District, California
Middletown, California
Orion Montessori, San Jose, California
Pescadero High School, Pescadero, California
School Garden Support Organization 5-day Leadership Institute, Santa Cruz, California
Education Outside Boot Camp, San Francisco, California
Climate Core Service Members, San Francisco, California
Center for Ecoliteracy, Berkeley, California
Oster Elementary School, San Jose, California
Humboldt County Office of Education, California
Saratoga Elementary, California
Santa Cruz County Teacher Leadership Institute
2019 Conference Presentations and Talks
Children and Nature Network International Conference - Oakland, California
California Foods for California Kids - Oakland, California
National Children and Youth Gardening Symposium - Madison, Wisconsin
American Camps Association Sights on Sites Conference - Boulder Creek, California
National Webinars on School Garden Summer Programs and School District-Run Garden Programs
2018 Offsite Workshops and Consulting
San Juan Bautista Elementary - California
Foothill Elementary - Saratoga, California
Kansas City Community Gardens - Missouri
Aromas Elementary - Aromas, California
National FoodCorps Orientation (pre-service training) - Portland, Oregon
Oak Spring Garden Foundation - Upperville, Virginia
Old Adobe Elementary - Petaluma, California
El Centro, California
Fairfield, California
Argonaut Elementary - Saratoga, California
Stanislaus, California
Emeril Foundation Garden Training - Seaside, California
Mount Diablo Unified School District - Mt. Diablo, California
Education Outside 2-day Boot Camp - San Francisco, California
Hosted Keisen University (Tokyo) 5-day Learning Institute at Garden Classroom
National FoodCorps Orientation (pre-service training), Portland, Oregon
School Garden Support Organization 5-day Leadership Institute, Santa Cruz, California
2018 Conference Presentations and Talks
Arizona State University Sustainability Conference - Tucson, Arizona
Missouri Community Action Network - Ozarks, Missouri
National Farm to Cafeteria Conference - Cincinnati, Ohio
Santa Cruz County Teacher Leadership Instititute
Field-Based Learning Initiative
2017 Offsite Workshops and Consulting
Berkeley, California
Concord, California
Blythe, California
Pleasant Hill, California
Napa, California
Sunnyvale, California
Modesto, California
Petaluma, California
Los Gatos, California (Consultation)
San Diego, California (Consultation)
Pasadena, California
Lake Wales, Florida
Quincy, California
Fairfield, California
Spreckles, California
Watsonville, California
Cobb, California
San Luis Obispo, California
Crescent City, California
National FoodCorps Orientation (pre-service training), Portland, Oregon
California FoodCorps State Orientation at Garden Classroom
Education Outside 2-day Boot Camp, San Francisco, California
Hosted Keisen University (Tokyo) 5-day Learning Institute at Garden Classroom
2017 Conference Presentations and Talks
FoodCorps Region Mid-Year Gatherings - Philadelphia, PA; Tucson, AZ; Raleigh, NC
International Master Gardeners Conference - Portland, Oregon
American Horticulture Society Youth Gardening Symposium - Vancouver, Washington
Slow Food Nation - Denver, Colorado
A Garden in Every School Symposium - Opening Plenary and Workshop, Sacramento, California
California Farm to School Conference - Modesto, California
2016 Offsite Workshops
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Berkeley, California
San Francisco, California
Visalia, California
Salinas, California
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
Atlanta, Georgia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
National FoodCorps Orientaion, Portland, Oregon
Education Outside 2-day Boot Camp, Life Lab Garden Classroom
School Garden Support Organization 5-day Leadership Institute, Santa Cruz, California
2016 Conference Presentations and Talks
FoodCorps Western Region Mid-Year Gathering - Watsonville, California
Keynote Green Our Planet School Garden Educators Conference - Las Vegas, Nevada
Georgia Organics Conference - Atlanta, Georgia
2015 Offsite Workshops
Tampa, Florida
Stockton, California
Petaluma, California
Davis, California
Ventura, California
Farifield, California
San Gregorio, California
Pleasant Hill, California
National FoodCorps Orientaion, Portland, Oregon
Half Moon Bay, California
Bellingham, Washington
Washington D.C.
Tucson, Arizona
Education Outside 2-day Boot Camp, Life Lab Garden Classroom
Keisen University 5-day Institute, Life Lab Garden Classroom
California FoodCorps Service Member Orientation, Life Lab Garden Classroom
2015 Conference Presentations and Talks
SHINE Forum for Early Childhood Eduation, Long Beach, California
SHINE Forum for Early Childhood Eduation, San Digeo, California
California Farm to School Conference, Asilomar, California
Sacramento School Garden Conference, Sacramento, California
National Food Safety Management Institute - USDA Farm to School, San Diego, California
Keynote and Workshops - National Youth Gardening Symposium, Austin, Texas
FoodCorps Western Region Mid-Year Gathering, Santa Cruz, California
2014 Offsite Workshops
Manteca, California
Nowata, Oklahoma
Ashland, Missouri
Las Vegas, Nevada
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Springdale, Arkansas
Fayetville, Arkansas
Roseville, California
Oakland, California
Half Moon Bay, California
Alameda, California
Brooklyn, New York
National FoodCorps Training, Portland, Oregon
DC Greens, Washington, D.C.
Half Moon Bay, California
Blythe, California
2014 Conference Presentations and Talks
Eco-Farm Conference, Asilomar, California
Keynote Presentation Schoolyard Gardens Conference, Chaska, Minnesota
Early Childhood Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (ECSTEM) Conference, Costa Mesa, California
Monterey Bay Science and Math Project's Common Core and Next Generation Conference, Santa Cruz, California
California Agriculture in the Classroom Annual Conference, Scotts Valley, California
National Farm to Cafeteria Conference, Austin, Texas
National Science Teachers Association, Long Beach, California
2013 Offsite Workshops
DC Greens, Washington, D.C.
Edina, Minnesota
Salinas, California
San Francisco, California
Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Education, Santa Rosa, California
National FoodCorps Training, Portland, Oregon
South Boone Learning Garden, Ashland, Missouri
Cherokee Nation, Healthy Nation, Pryor, Oklahoma
Education Outside Green Corps, San Francisco, California
2013 Conference Presentations and Talks
Portland Garden Club, Portland, Oregon
SHINE Forum for Early Childhood Eduation, Los Angeles, California
Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, UCSC, CA
New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, California
California Subject Matter Project Conference, Cal State University Monterey Bay
California Science Teachers Association Annual Conference, Palm Springs, California
Bioneers, Marin, California
2012 Offsite Workshops
Forest Hill Elementary School, San Jose, California
Alisal School District, Salinas, California
Stone Barns, Tarrytown, New York
Vida Verde Environmental Education, Half Moon Bay, California
Buena Vista Edible School Yard, Bakersfield, California
The Hawaii School Garden Network, Waimea, Hawaii
Project EAT, Hayward, California
Google Childcare Center, Mountain View, California
DC Greens, Washington, D.C.
Spring Creek Recreational Fund in Starrett City Housing Development, Brooklyn, New York
2012 Conference Presentations and Talks
SHINE Forum for Early Childhood Eduation, Los Angeles, California
Nutrition and Fitness Collaborative of the Central Coast, Monterey, CA
Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, UCSC, CA
Why Hunger Award Dinner, New York, NY
American Community Gardening Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA
National Farm to Cafeteria Conference, Burlington, VT
BookShop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Annie's Annuals, Richmond, CA
Nordic New Food Conference, Norway
Copenhagen University, Denmark
Cabrillo College Early Childhood Education, Aptos, California
DC Healthy Schools Act Panel, Washington, DC
2011 Offsite Workshops
Merced, California
Santa Clara, California
San Rafael, California
Salinas, California
Cupertino, California
San Francisco, California
Hayward, California
El Dorado Hills, California
Springfield, Missouri
Stone Barns, Tarrytown, New York
Fayetville, North Carolina - See Teacher Blog day one, day two
Tahlequah, Oklahoma - See Life Lab Trainer Michelle Whizin talk about workshop in the Cherokee Phoenix Video.
2011 Conference Presentations and Talks
Bay Area Environmental Education, San Jose, CA
Ecological Farming Association, Asilomar, CA
Rooted in Community, Philadelphia, PA
Cabrillo College Early Childhood Education Conference, Aptos, CA
Community Food Security Conference, Oakland, CA
Bioneers, Marin, CA
2010 Offsite Workshops
Jonesboro, Arkansas - See article in Edible Memphis
Watsonville, California
San Luis Obispo, California
Ukiah, California
Salinas, California
San Juan Bautista, California
Santa Rosa, California
Hayward, California
Miami, Florida
2010 Conference Presentations and Talks
Ecological Farming Association, Asilomar, CA
Cabrillo Early Childhood Education, Aptos, CA
American Horticultural Assocaition's Youth Garden Symposium, Pasadena, CA
Bioneers, Marin, CA
Rooted in Community, Durham, NC
Monterey Bay Area Healthy Habits for Life Symposium, Salinas, CA
2009 Offsite Workshops
Pacific Palisades, California
Grand Prairie, Texas
2009 Conference Presentations and Talks
Green Tech Teacher Summit, Sacramento, CA
Project Eat, Hayward, CA
CA Ag in the Classroom, Sacramento, CA
Farm Based Education Association, Tarrytown, NY
Green Schools Summit, Pasadena, CA
Bioneers, Marin, CA
Rooted in Community, Lewiston, ME
Ecological Farming Association, Asilomar, CA
Consultations and Professional Mentoring
We have consulted with schools and organizations from the Google Childcare Centers in Silicon Valley, CA, to the Health, Wellness and Environmental Studies Magnet School in Jonesboro, Arkansas. We've also hosted customized institutes for international visitors from Mexico and Central America, Denmark, Ukraine, Japan, Brazil, Sweden and India.
Learn more about our consulting services.