AND THIS IS MY GARDEN
DIR. KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER | 2010 | CANADA | 60 MIN.

Set in the small community of Waboden, Manitoba, And This Is My Garden explores an innovative school gardening program that is breaking new ground in education and literally growing a healthier community in the process. Schoolteacher Eleanor Woitowicz is spearheading an education-based sustainable food movement called the Mel Johnson School Gardening Project. Woitowicz teaches students how to take care of their own backyard vegetable gardens and reap the rewards of growing their own organic foods. Over the past four years the teachers have established 58 small vegetable gardens right in their students' backyards. The Mel Johnson project has caught the eye of many influential organizations including the David Suzuki Foundation, Manitoba Conservation and even the United Nations.

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