9th Grade Food Justice Project

The 9th graders have recently been learning about the complexity of food insecurity in the US and its direct influence on personal and community wellness. On November 28th and 29th, students took a trip to the White River Co-Op to grocery shop and purchase a week's worth of food on the 3SquaresVT budget ($72.75).

Students then donated their groceries and received a tour of The Upper Valley Haven. On the day students were not grocery shopping, they were making Soup and baking bread to donate to the Thompson Senior Center. In all, we donated 380 pounds of food to the shelter, made 25 quarts of butternut squash soup, and roughly 50 loaves of bread!