Edible Schoolyard Training Program
We train educators, gardeners, chefs, and advocates from all over the world to seed and grow edible education in their schools, cafeterias, and communities.

Upcoming Training Events

Grant-Writing Tips and Tricks for Edible Education

Join experts from Edible Schoolyard and Whole Kids Foundation for proven strategies and insider tips for crafting compelling grant applications focused on edible education. In this practical webinar, you'll learn how to effectively communicate your program's impact, navigate common application pitfalls, and increase your chances of securing funding for school gardens, cooking classes, and other food-based learning programs. Whether you're new to grant writing or looking to refine your approach, this session will equip you with actionable tools to help bring vital food education resources to your school community.

Date: February 26, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm PT over Zoom

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Poetry in the Garden: A Workshop for Garden Educators

How can using poetry with students in our green and growing spaces help us all learn attention, observation, wonder and delight? How can poetry help nourish the senses and be a part of our garden projects? In this workshop geared toward gardening instructors but open to the wider public, celebrated poet Tess Taylor, author of Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Tend Them, will lead a workshop exploring how writing poems in green and growing spaces can enhance other learning about plants, soil, food, bugs and the interconnected webs of the nonhuman world. Bring a pen, paper, and curiosity.

Date: March 13, 2025,  3:00 pm – 4:30 pm PT over Zoom

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Watch Recent Virtual Training Workshops

Click below to access all of our most recent virtual training workshops and associated resources.

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Training Archive

Click here to view all the recordings of the 2023 Virtual Summer Training

Click here to view all of the recordings and associated resources from the 2022 Virtual Summer Training.

Click here to view three webinars from fall 2021 on how to implement the Understanding Organic garden curriculum. 

Click here to see an overview of our Summer Training at Home 2021 event. Please note that none of the sessions were recorded in order to respect participant confidentiality.

Click here to view two webinars from fall 2020 on key instructional strategies and approaches to implement our Cooking with Curiosity curriculum.

Click here to see the series of four virtual events from Summer Training at Home 2020 that explore various strategies for adapting to distance learning.

Read what training attendees had to say about their experiences:
"I feel this experience was exceptionally inspring and like I was part of something much bigger than myself. I've learned to be more patient, slow down, and invite more conversation in the kitchen classroom."
 
"It was a fantastic overall experience. The sessions were brilliantly diverse and I enjoyed the hands-on experience. I also enjoyed the amount of mingling that occured and the time that was allowed for networking. I really enjoyed the trainers and admired their diversity and how they presented. I loved how engaging all the activities were. I loved THE FOOD! I loved how each facilitator also shared their personality and stories in their trainings.
 

"I will always remember the mutual respect that you all have for creating an environment of wonder, learning, respect and positivity! Kudos!"