SowGood Nature Connect School Farming Programme
Hands-on eco skills for life
74,000 participants
A three year school farming curriculum for Grades 3 to 5, where children build and run a farm, composting and waste unit on their own school campus.
Mode
In-Person
Fee
Registration fee applies
Participation format
Individual
Duration
Three school years, covering Grades 3 to 5
Eligibility
Open to school children in Grades 3 to 5 whose school has partnered with SowGood. Enrolment is arranged by the school, not by individual families. The programme currently runs in government and private schools across Delhi NCR.
- Grade level
- Grade 3 to 5
- Eligibility region
- Available nationwide across India
- Prerequisites
- Child studies at a SowGood partner school
- School has ground, roof or corner space for a farm
- A teacher or volunteer champion at the school
See if your child qualifies.
Benefits
- Own school farm built and run by the class
- Composting and waste segregation become daily habits
- School subjects taught through real farm work
- Produce harvested by children goes home with them
- Free for government MCD schools through donor funding
Skills your child builds
Key dates
- Enrollment
- Open all year
How to apply
- 1School leadership contacts SowGood to enrol the school
- 2Parents recommend the programme to the school using SowGood's email template
- 3SowGood assesses available school space for a farm and composting unit
- 4School nominates a teacher champion and joins the teacher training cohort
- 5Facilitators set up the farm and begin weekly class sessions
Rules and guidelines
- Enrolment is arranged by the school, not by individual families
- Each participating class needs a teacher champion to sustain the farm
- Children take part during regular school hours
- Produce harvested by children goes home with them
Fees and financial support
Fee details
Private schools pay a programme fee that SowGood agrees with each school and does not publish on its site. Government MCD schools receive the programme at no cost, funded by donations and corporate partners, so neither the school nor the families pay. Schools should contact SowGood for current pricing.
About this opportunity
The SowGood Nature Connect School Farming Programme is a three year farm based curriculum that SowGood Foundation runs inside partner schools, taking children from Grade 3 through Grade 5.
Facilitators help each class build a working school farm along with a composting and waste segregation unit. Children sow seeds, tend crops, harvest produce and keep farm journals, while concepts from arithmetic, geometry, geography, biology and chemistry are drawn out of the farm work itself.
The curriculum follows a three step philosophy. The first year builds awareness as children plan, design and grow the farm. The second year turns that awareness into daily practice around waste, celebrations and consumption. The third year asks children to carry the practice outward to shopkeepers, neighbours and their own families.
Schools enrol the programme rather than individual families. Government MCD schools are covered at no cost through donor and corporate funding, while private schools pay a programme fee that SowGood does not publish.
What your child will do
- Planning, designing and building the school farm
- Sowing, tending and harvesting seasonal crops
- Running the school composting and waste segregation unit
- Building vertical gardens from recycled bottles and beds from old tyres
- Taking eco practices to shopkeepers, neighbours and families
Mentors and faculty
SowGood facilitators, supported by trained teachers at the partner school
Academic details
Difficulty: Introductory
What's covered
A three year farm based curriculum moving from awareness in the first year to daily sustainable practice in the second year and community advocacy in the third year.
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