Buchholz High School CBVE at Cymplify

GET is a community-based vocation
education training program committed
to providing real life work experiences
and support to Alachua County High
School students with disabilities. The
CBVE program prepares and assists
students to in their transition from
school to work and to adult life in their
community.
G.E.T.
Growing Educational Training Program
Vegi Starts for School Gardens
Hydroponics
Organics
Field Production
Seed Saving and Plot
Composting
Community Service
Farm to School – sell to cafeterias
Food Hub – process local produce
prepare food for taste test and
lunches
Adult Landscape Nursery
Buchholz High School
CBVE
at
Cymplify
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Mixing potting mix
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Planting
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GROWPOLs
NFT
(hydroponic table)
Dutch Buckets
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Cymplify CBVE Workers
Cymplify Truck Rally
Raised $20,000
Cymply Fresh Cafe
1st Harvest for
Cymply Fresh
Smoothie Row
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Kale
Rainbow Chard
Loften High School
Greenhouses - before
Looking To EXPAND
to a
District Program
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Clean - up
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UF Volunteers Painting
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New Electricity, Lights and
Evaporative Cooler
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Ground Cloth
Hydroponic NFT Delivered
NFT Assembly
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Seed Starting Flat
Starting Seeds for NFT
Seed Starting Nursery
Planting First Transplants
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Nutrients
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Holds 750 Heads of Lettuce
Students Harvest
150 Heads of Lettuce
per Week
Veggie Starts for GET
and School Gardens
We Sell 6 Packs of Veggie Starts
to School Gardens
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Organic Supplies
Mixing Potting Mix
Planting Seeds
Seed Starts
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3500 Plants!
Organic GROWPOLs
Planting Growbags
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Hanging Growbags
Lettuce
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Rainbow Chard
Basil
Harvesting Peppers
Harvesting Kale
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Harvesting Basil
Seed Saving
with Forage Farm
New Seed Saving Plot
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Putting Up Deer Fence Post
Hanging Deer Fence
Making Garden Rows
Putting in Irrigation
and Planting
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Mulching Plot
with Pine Straw
Installing Freeze Cloth
for Cold Weather
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Ready to Harvest
Harvesting
Shade Area
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Voluntary Community Service
Porters’ Community Farm
ACPS Food & Nutrition Service
Helped Build 5 Herb Gardens
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Volunteers Building
Wheelchair Accessible Raised Bed
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Tables in Shade Area
Square Foot Gardening
• Farm to School is a program of Alachua
County Food and Nutrition Services
committed to bringing healthy, local food
to the table and the nutrition education
to help create a receptive atmosphere to
consuming more fruits and vegetables.
• Students in the GET program are growing
healthy food to be served in the
lunchrooms of 14 Title I elementary
schools, where the majority of students
qualify or free and reduced lunches.
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• In addition, GET students at the Farm to School to Work
Hub:
(1) Operate a Food Hub where local
produce from regional farms is stored
along with their own produce before
being ordered and delivered to
lunchroom managers.
(2) Learn real world job and life skills:
Agriculture, cooking, nutrition, business math,
food safety, hydroponics, and more.
(3) Make the connection between healthy soil and water,
healthy plants, and healthy people.
(4) Grow community by raising vegetable starts and saving
seeds for school and community gardens.
ACPS Food Service Personnel
Harvesting Persimmons
Food Hub
Persimmons
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Carrots
Salad for Lunch
Harvesting Lettuce
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Cleaning for Open House
Open House
with Seed Saving
Students Explaining the Program
Tudorel Explaining GROWPOLS to
Assistant Superintendent Hershel Lyons
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Arthur Explaining the Program
to Our Superintendent Dr. Owen Roberts
Adult Landscape Nursery
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Inch by Inch,
Row by Row,
Growing the Farm to School to Work Hub
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With Great Appreciation
to the Following Supporters
The Patty Shively Foundation
Mr. Rob Brinkman
Lowe’s
Sun State Organics
Mr. Electric – Electrical Service
Watson – Greener Landscaping
Keep Alachua Beautiful
Kim Kazimour, Ph.D
Chameleon Land Care
USDA
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