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Home » 10.000 Orti in Africa » Ben Yassin school garden

Ben Yassin school garden

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Morocco

Rabat-Salé-Kenitra

The Ibn Yassin primary school is in the rural town of Ain Aouda, about an hour away from Rabat. Behind the school buildings, a previously abandoned plot has been turned into a 300-square-meter food garden cultivated by 40 students aged between 6 and 11.
Plants grown include garlic, peppers, lentils and lettuce, as well as olive, argan and citrus trees. Between the garden and the school buildings are two compost bins built from canes, and soon there will also be a seedbed.
The teachers and parents are involved in the work, and the grandfather of one of the students has been closely overseeing all the developments, passing on his farming experience to the young children. The students work in the garden three or four times a week, and also often voluntarily spend their breaktimes tending the seedlings.
This is the first time the school has had a food garden and the teachers are now planning educational activities linked to the gardening activities. They want to expand the garden and have already invited representatives from nearby schools to see the work done so far.

Area
Ibn Yassin primary school, Ain Aouda, Skhirat-Témara province, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region

Coordinator
Younes Zghari

Slow Food in Morocco

Morocco is a vast country with an incredible variety of landscapes, cultures and traditions. To the north lies the Mediterranean, while to the west the coast stretches down along the Atlantic Ocean. The mountain chain that crosses the country, with snow-covered peaks over 4,000 meters tall, stretches down to the desert and the oases of the south. Moroccans proudly say that their country is the most beautiful in the world. Slow Food initially had a presence here thanks to a number of long-standing Presidia, such as Argan Oil, Taliouine Saffron, Zerradoun Salt and Alnif Cumin. The Gardens in Africa project then contributed to creating and consolidating a network of people with an awareness of the importance of local biodiversity and the gastronomic traditions connected to it, particularly in schools around the capital of Rabat, in the Errachidia oases and in the Atlas Mountains close to Marrakech. The network is now organized around the convivia and the Terra Madre communities.

Garden Informations

Type:School Garden
Coordinator:Younes Zghari
Sibling with:Slow Food Po and Colline Torinesi Convivium, Italy

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