WESTERN GROWERS FOUNDATION
WE GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES
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estern Growers Foundation is a movement of agriculture
leaders working with educators to inspire our next
generations of farmers. Western Growers Foundation is focused
on delivering Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
and standards-based lessons to nurture children’s curiosity in areas
related to farming and agriculture.
Since its inception in 1995, Western Growers Foundation has
funded more than 1,000 school gardens in California and Arizona.
The Foundation has a 90% success rate in keeping these gardens
operating at the local level. As leader in the school garden movement,
the Foundation’s mission is to plant and sustain a fruit and vegetable
garden in every willing Arizona and California school.
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