Their school programs range from pre-k to 12th graders, making up 7 teaching farms. Jones Valley provides after-school and in school lessons. The in school lessons provide kids the opportunity to learn lessons in traditional school through cooking and working with food. After school includes more farming and cooking activities. Just this year they started started a summer camp for 2nd through 5th graders who are learning to cook, identify insects, and harvest foods.
All food grown and harvested will go to programming, community distribution, and a harvest share program. Their community distribution project started during COVID and is a "pay what you can" farming stand. The harvest share program is mainly for the elderly in the community who can sign up and receive a bag of veggies biweekly. Another way they provide to locals is having a community garden. This is a 9 month long program where a person or group get a raised bed and can grow anything. This program also includes monthly workshops, culinary classes, and more.
Mohamed gave us a tour of the Woodlawn High School Farm
One of Jones Valleys first schools was Woodlawn High School. The farming at Woodlawn was completely implemented by the students and now offers internships and 2 year apprenticeships. Their garden property is just across the street from the high-school where they have 10 block gardens, a greenhouse, orchards, and a processing section. All their seeds are started in the greenhouse and later will be planted in the blocks. Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month they have a farm stand and give out their produce. As a non profit they don't sell it, but do accept donations.
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