Aquafarm Tour & Farmers' Market

Interns toured the New Roots Aquafarm site to see how Tilapia fish are farmed through an aquaponics system. They also learned about different hydroponics growing systems.

 Interns also visited the City Heights Farmers' Market to meet local farmers and get to know the local food system a bit more closely. They conducted surveys on where the farms are located, how far the food had to travel to get to the market, who the farmers were, how it was grown, and what was in season.

 Surveys.

New Roots Farmers.

North Park Library Presentation

Interns presented at the North Park Library on Diversity. They shared stories of their own cultures, including traditions, foods they eat, and how they encounter other cultures at the Crawford Garden internship program. They also talked about Bio-Diversity in the garden environment.

 Summer Salsa with "Long" Lasting Flavor (Long's secret ingredient!)

 Eh Eh and Mu Aye shared about their Karen culture showing some traditional dress.

 Liz talked about her Mexican culture.

Long shared about being Vietnamese.

Composting Workshop

Interns participated in the community wide composting workshop led by Hoover High garden interns. There were three groups led in three different languages (Vietnamese, Spanish, English). Hoover interns taught about creating a compost pile, elements needed for a good pile, and how to manage the piles from start to finish. Hosted at the New Roots Community Farm.

Gardens in a Box

Our summer community project finished with delivering the Gardens in a Box. City Heights refugee families received a variety of potted plants to grow in their apartments of in courtyard spaces. The purpose of the project is to expose young children (5 years or younger) to growing plants and eating healthy, organic food. Interns also conducted surveys of eligible residents prior to delivery, then delivered to their homes. They will mentor the families along the way on caring for their new plants as well.

New Roots Community Farm Tour

Interns visited the New Roots Community Farm on 54th/Chollas Pkwy. to see different methods of farming from various ethnic groups in San Diego. After seeing different features of the farm, students were asked to plan out their own community garden. Each plan had to have sustainable features such as water conservation, intercropping, native plant areas, etc. They came up with some fun, creative ideas for farms!

Media Arts Center Produces Videos on Garden

Crawford High Garden summer interns worked with the Media Arts Center San Diego's Teen Producers Project who made videos about the school garden. Crawford interns practiced their interviewing skills in front of the camera, learning to communicate their knowledge of gardening and food justice issues in the community.

Summer Cooking Fun

Pesto Surprise with Mrs. Raymond.

 Cooking with Roberto.

 Summer squash stir fry.