Preserving Our Future: The Vital Role of Seed Conservation
As harvest season draws near, we revel in the bounty that our land provides. Yet, amidst the vibrant crops and bountiful produce, there lies a crucial element that often goes unnoticed—the humble seed. Seed preservation is far more than a conservation effort; it is an essential practice that impacts our land, food systems, health and overall survival. In this post, we will explore the profound importance of seed preservation and highlight the support of the Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation to two organizations which amplify our efforts in our shared values to preserve seeds and to keep them in the public domain.
How Kids Have Super Power
How Kids Have Super Power This isn’t about Netflix’s Stranger Things and the slew of other TV shows and movies featuring adolescents with supernatural abilities. That’s all fiction. Instead, this feature is about how kids have power, real power, that us adults simply do not have. And no, we’re not being hyperbolic. More importantly, this […]
How to Help Your Kids Make Friends
How to Help Your Kids Make Friends Research consistently shows that establishing friendships early in adolescence is important to development. Childhood friendships help kids learn and practice skills related to social, cognitive, communicative, and emotional evolution. All of this contributes to enhanced quality of life later in their teen years and further into adulthood. Understanding […]
How Kids Can Inspire Other Kids
How Your Kids Can Inspire Other Kids We often use our Foundation’s blog to inform parents and educators about how to inspire kids to follow their passions and make a positive difference in the world. As a result, there are children all over the country who have done exactly that and found great success in […]
Give Kids a Voice
Give Kids a Voice by Empowering Them to be Heard Children have many important things to say. While they may not have the deepest of vocabularies, the simple way they often put things (sometimes bluntly so) is often more insightful than the likes of Plato and Socrates, much less us modern day grown-ups. They have […]
Breaking Barriers: Fostering Inclusivity and Food Security
In a world where various barriers persist, initiatives like those undertaken by Foothills Academy and Disability Foundation’s Disabled Independent Gardeners Association shine brightly as beacons of hope and change.
We invite you to look how they are helping transform the lives of others through innovative programs that promote inclusivity, education, sustainability and ensures a better quality of life.
Teach Kids to be More Inclusive
How to Teach Kids to be More Inclusive While great strides have been made to prevent childhood bullying, there is certainly room for further growth towards greater compassion and understanding. For instance, children know to never make fun of a classmate for having a disability, but they may not include them in activities on the […]
How to Teach Kids to Focus
How to Teach Kids to Focus on an Important (to them) Project Once again we have found inspiration from the aptly named Inspiring Minds Inspiring Finds corner of our Foundation’s website. In our most recent video release below, we get to know Kelvin Doe, aka DJ Focus. How did he get the cool nickname? In […]
Ensuring the Future of Farming: Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders in Sustainable Agriculture
Ensuring the Future of Farming: Cultivating Tomorrow’s Leaders in Sustainable Agriculture In a world where the climate is constantly changing and the demands on our agricultural systems are increasing, supporting the next generation of farmers and horticulturists is more crucial than ever. Our organization is dedicated to empowering deserving Canadian students through education bursaries, helping […]
How Kids Can Promote and Encourage Kindness
How Kids Can Promote and Encourage Kindness Parents and educators can talk to adolescents all day about the importance of being kind, but for the message to truly take hold it should come from those they relate to best. But how can kids promote and encourage kindness amongst their general age group without seeming sanctimonious […]