New kitchen sinks and faucets from a new partner

BEFORE: Janet Gaudino, 8th grade science teacher and advisor to JW Cooks, at the small double-basin sinks that date the Teaching Kitchens to a time when very little food was made from whole ingredients. Check back soon for the AFTER picture!
BEFORE: Janet Gaudino, 8th grade science teacher and advisor to JW Cooks, at the small double-basin sinks that date the Teaching Kitchens to a time when very little food was made from whole ingredients. Check back soon for the AFTER picture!

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Debbie Schaefer and Mrs G’s Appliances for the benefit of food literacy efforts at Princeton Public Schools.

Debbie, granddaughter of the original Mrs G (Beatrice Greenberg) is donating 5 new single-basin stainless steel sinks and high-rise faucets from Mrs G’s for updating the JW Teaching Kitchens. Gary Weisman, Director of Plant Operations at PPS, will supervise the renovations under the director of Jason Burr, principal at the John Witherspoon Middle School.

The kitchens, once used for Home Economics classes, and more recently for Modern Living classes, are now home to JW Cooks, a seed-to-table after-school program our nonprofit created for middle schoolers four years ago and, in a long-time goal realized, will be added to the school day as a class in January 2016!

Thank you, Debbie. We look forward to sharing stories, food, produce and more as your gardens grow at your shiny new store (2720 U.S. Route 1 North). And we look forward to visits from you and your chef, Nirit Yadin! And we look forward to seeing the students maneuvering their stockpots and big saute pans into the new sinks for sudsing – with ease!

Read more about Debbie’s story and Mrs G’s here. And read her blog, where you can find posts on good deals at the store and snippets about her life and thoughts. Here’s a recent favorite on how the new logo (see it on our home page) for the store came into being.

Take the Oasis School Garden Tour

The courtyard gardens at Littlebrook Elementary School
The courtyard gardens at Littlebrook Elementary School
Reserve your spot now for the Saturday 9/26 OASIS School Garden Tour

We will visit the school gardens at Hightstown High School and Littlebrook
School,touring the gardens and hearing from the garden coordinators about
curriculum integration.

Meet at Chapin School on Princeton Pike by 12:55 in time for a 1pm
departure by bus (donated by Chapin School).

You must reserve a spot on the bus. The tour is free. We will return to
Chapin School at 4:10pm.

To reserve your space or for more info, contact, Priscilla Hayes,priscilla.ellen.hayes@gmail.com.

Happy Farm to School week!

How are you celebrating NJ Farm to School week (Sept 21-25) at your school or at your own table? (We're partial to Swiss chard in a vinaigrette!)  Click on the photo to see a collection of ideas that celebrate the best of the Garden State, from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture
How are you celebrating NJ Farm to School week at your school or at your own table? (We’re partial to Swiss chard in a vinaigrette!) Click on the photo to see a collection of ideas that celebrate the best of the Garden State, from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture