Healthy soil, healthy kids

Healthy soil, healthy kids

Apr 10, 2018 | Blog

Dirt made my lunch, dirt made my lunch…. Thank you dirt, thanks a bunch, ‘cuz dirt made my lunch. -Banana Slug String Band Ask just about any 2nd grader with a Common Threads school garden, and they’ll tell you how important “dirt” is… But what are kids learning...

A story of service, by Americorps Food Educator Bree Farmer

Mar 30, 2018 | Blog

Happy AmeriCorps Month!  Common Threads feels very fortunate indeed to have 13 fabulous AmeriCorps service members helping to grow good eaters across Whatcom County. These are smart, passionate, creative young people who have gifted our community with 10.5 months of...
A story of service, by Americorps School Farmer Alyssa Stewart

A story of service, by Americorps School Farmer Alyssa Stewart

Mar 28, 2018 | Blog

Happy AmeriCorps Month!  Common Threads feels very fortunate indeed to have 13 fabulous AmeriCorps service members helping to grow good eaters across Whatcom County. These are smart, passionate, creative young people who have gifted our community with 10.5 months of...

Birchwood Elementary

Mar 6, 2018 | School Program Pages

Birchwood Elementary is an International Baccalaureate (IB) School serving the Primary Years Program. Birchwood Elementary’s garden dates back to 2007, when it was established by a few teachers with a strong vision. Since the school was rebuilt in 2014, the garden has...

Assumption Catholic School

Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized

Assumption Catholic School’s garden started in 2009, with support from Common Threads. Assumption has a sister school in Cambodia, and the initial idea was to use revenue generated from the garden to support the sister school while at the same time helping students in...