As part of our mission to be a sustainable school, Mundo Verde has a strong focus on food. How we grow, source, and eat food connects so many aspects important to sustainable communities. Mundo Verde strives to educate the whole-child to be healthy citizens for life and to improve access to healthy food through our programs.
Overview of Wellness Practices at Mundo Verde
Mundo Verde fosters a sustainable school environment that promotes healthy eating, nutrition education, physical activity, social-emotional wellness, and a connection to nature. Physical education promotes character by developing students’ perseverance and fitness through physical challenge, collaboration, and shared experiences. Nutrition education empowers students to understand and be in control of their own wellness throughout their lives.
Vision and Core Beliefs
Mundo Verde is committed to the optimal development of every student. We believe that for students to have the opportunity to achieve personal, academic, developmental, and social success, we need to create positive, sustainable, safe, and health-promoting learning environments at every level, in every setting, throughout the school year.
Cooking and Gardening Classes
Kinder - 5th graders receive 36 hours a year of Cooking and Gardening classes at Mundo Verde as part of our Specials program. We teach the full farm-to-fork cycle by engaging the students in every step of the process - from growing the food, to harvesting and cooking with it. Through this profound food education, students learn skills, habits, and knowledge that will lead to healthier lives.
Healthy Locally-Sourced Meals
Our menu emphasizes sustainably sourced, seasonal, and culturally diverse dishes. Mundo Verde is a “no junk-food” and vending machine-free school. In both the scratch kitchen at our J.F. Cook campus and via local food vendors for our Calle Ocho campus, our Kitchen Teams work hard to provide well-rounded meals to all students. Sometimes the food served is unfamiliar which can make children uncomfortable. This is a valuable learning experience and an opportunity for students to develop their taste buds around foods they wouldn’t normally eat. All are encouraged to at least try the foods that are served. Mundo Verde looks forward to the growth of our Calle Ocho campus and a new commercial kitchen that will enhance the food program at this space!
Our full Wellness Policy is shared in the Family Portal of this website. To learn more about our menu and pricing and to sign-up for school lunch or breakfast, visit our School Meals page.
School Garden and Market
Our School Garden features vegetables and herbs, berries, fruit trees, and native pollinator plants. Teachers use the garden as a living laboratory to teach math lessons, science concepts, inspire nature poetry, and more. After school, students run a School Garden Market that sells produce from the garden and from local producers. All experiences in the garden deepen our students’ connection to and empathy for the natural world.
Stop by our student-led School Garden Market to buy fresh fruit and vegetables from our garden and local farms! Every Tuesday, 3:30 - 4:30pm.
Community Compost Co-operative at J.F. Cook Campus
Families, staff, and school neighbors are all welcome to join the compost co-operative. Members drop-off their household’s organic waste in Mundo Verde’s outdoor compost bins and receive a share of the decomposed compost every few months. Interested in joining the co-op? Email mvcompostcoop@gmail.com for more information.
Garden Market at J.F. Cook Campus
Garden Market is back at J.F. Cook campus every Tuesday from 3:30-4:30pm! Join us to support our 5th grade Garden Market Interns and to support local growers. We always have tasty free samples featuring fresh, local produce. We hope to see you there!