In August 2024, Farm Credit Mid-America partnered with Plant the Seed to build a new garden at Thomas Edison Elementary in Antioch. The partnership, which began during Nashville’s Earth Day celebration, brings hands-on gardening and agricultural education to children in food-insecure communities. Learn more about how this collaboration inspires youth and secures the future of agriculture.
Plant the Seed Wins $49,500 USDA Grant To Bring More Garden Education to Nashville Pre-K Students
Plant the Seed has been awarded a $49,500 USDA Food and Nutrition Service Farm to School Turnkey Grant for FY 2021. Only two organizations in...
Exciting New Ways to Support Our Work
Support businesses who support Plant the Seed… There are two great ways this week to dine and drink to support our work. Stop by Mitchell...
Meet Kaitlyn Payne, Program Coordinator
What brought you to Plant the Seed? I heard about Plant the Seed through a family member! She heard that they were hiring, and thought...
Meet Jasmine Lucas, Communications & Community Engagement Coordinator AmeriCorps Member
What brought you to Plant the Seed? During my last AmeriCorps term Plant the Seed’s founder, Susannah, came to speak at one of our AmeriCorps...
Growing Together in Solidarity with Black Lives
Food “allows the sick ones a chance of healing, the silent ones a chance to speak, the unlearned ones a chance to learn, and the...
Meet Lily Sronkoski, Garden Programming and Partnerships Coordinator AmeriCorps Member
What brought you to Plant the Seed? Having already completed one year of service with Americorps in the realm of education, I was interested in...
Meet Jessa Tremblay, Garden Programming and Partnerships Coordinator AmeriCorps Member
What brought you to Plant the Seed? At the beginning of 2019 I started working on my Masters in Sustainability. I really wanted to find...
Growing to Survive
We’re growing a lot of food, vegetables, and I’m not worried. I’m going to start planting and growing and growing to survive. Ruhel Islam Fighting...
Meet Avi Katzman, Curriculum Development Manager
What brought you to Plant the Seed? I learned about Plant the Seed from a dear friend and immediately fell in love with the mission...