Walker Farm in Dummerston is a strong supporter of school gardens in the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU), offering credit for supplies at their farm stand to school gardens each spring.

This year Food Connects reached out to Walker Farm on behalf of WSESU school gardens to ask if they would consider donating again this year. Owner Jack Manix responded immediately with an enthusiastic “yes!”, and a willingness to increase support of school gardens this year by 40%!

On behalf of all the school gardens and Farm to School committees in WSESU, many thanks to Walker Farm for their continued support during these challenging times. The gardens are a source of hope for school communities as schools have navigated through this unusual end of the school year, inspiring us to dream about coming back to school in the fall to harvest with students.