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2. O RIGINS OF P ROJECT Diana A. of WI Health Department asked if Mary Bohning would like to sit in on a Healthy Youth Kenosha County Coalition board XTEN Industries donated 5 acres to be used for the first 13 beds. From these beds, produce was sold at the Kenosha Harbor Market.

3. C OALITION P ARTNERS Mary Bohning, M.Ed., Advanced Placement Environmental Science Instructor Harborside Academy, Expeditionary Learning School Prisca Moore, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Education, Carthage College Teaches Science Methods course required for all Elementary and Middle School Majors Kathleen Jerome, M.S., Master Gardener, Horticulture Instructor Gateway Technical College Diana Andrekus, B.A., Public Health Specialist Kenosha County Division of Health Andrea Smoko, B.S., Registered Dietician Kenosha County Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Cindy Altergott, B.S., Operations Administrator Kenosha YMCA Cindy Gossett, Food Services Supervisor Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Scott Kennow, M.S., Principal Edward Bain School of Language and Art State Representative John Steinbrink 65 th Assembly District Joyce Erickson, Tobacco Control Specialist, Coordinator KRW Tri-County Tobacco-Free Coalition Kathy Cole, Director of Operations Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha Grant Youngquist Parent Representative Mark Dirr Xten Industries James Hansen Hansen Greenhouse

4. U PDATE ON P ROGRESS 10 beds were built, 8 at EBSOLA and 2 at KTEC Students at both schools have participated in garden bed care, harvest and eating of the fresh greens Container gardens for classrooms have been constructed and are ready to go into classrooms at EBSOLA We have been picked up by the Kenosha Health Department to expand the program to 3 more schools in 2011

5. U PDATES CONT ’ D KUSD has agreed to buy our produce for the lunch program KUSD Assistant Superintendant met on Friday to discuss putting a garden at every school We’ve attended and been invited to join the Sustainable Edible Economic Development(SEED) committee focus is buy Wisconsin, Buy Local