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Fifth Street greenhouse supplies district lunch salad bars and community food banks, coordinator says
Summary
The district greenhouse has delivered thousands of pounds of lettuce to district schools and community organizations; staff and trustees described grants, volunteer engagement and plans to expand growing space with a $50,000 T-Mobile grant.
Sheridan County School District #2's Fifth Street Greenhouse has supplied the district's salad bars and community food organizations, and the program leaders told trustees the operation plans to expand thanks to recent grants.
Shaili Cooper, introduced by district staff as the greenhouse coordinator, told the board the program implemented a hydroponic system with help from a specialty crop block grant and local partners. "We got our first harvest from that just about a year ago. And since then, we have sent out over 3,000 pounds of lettuce," Cooper…
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