Common Ground is a charter high school, urban farm, and environmental education center where students and community members can converge to increase knowledge of urban growing and healthy lifestyles. Common Ground’s site, which sits on 20-acres of park land with access to hiking trails, wildlife, and diverse natural habitats, includes a working farm with production and educational gardens as well as a variety of animals. Last year, the farm grew over 8,000 pounds of fresh food, which they share through a mobile farm market that reaches more than 3,500 residents in low-income neighborhoods; a sliding scale CSA open to families of Common Ground students; a universal free school lunch program; and an on-site farm stands. Common Ground also has installed school gardens and supports school garden programming in 18 New Haven Public Schools as well as providing professional development for teachers throughout the state who want to incorporate school garden experiences into their curriculum.

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