Graduation Year

Spring 2012

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Environmental Analysis

Reader 1

Brinda Sarathy

Reader 2

Nancy Neiman Auerbach

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© 2012 Katherine B. Tenneson

Abstract

This senior environmental studies thesis explains and analyzes edible education through a food and gardening program at a continuation high school in Claremont, California. The first chapter situates the program-specific analysis by providing background information of the edible education movement, a history of the Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley, California, and an explanation of why food is a powerful teaching tool. The second chapter delineates the program by describing all of its components and compiling essential resources and teaching documents. The third chapter is based on interviews with 9 of 12 involved students and 7 teachers, and thoroughly explains the outcomes of the program for students, the high school at large, and the overall Claremont community. Overall, this work demonstrates the successes of edible education, the power of school gardening programs, and provides a useful resource for the continuation of the program.

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