Portfolio
Nourishing and healing people and planet through healthier food systems, ecological practices, and environmental education.
Ocean Knoll Farm
Healthy Day transformed this one-acre site from a neighborhood eyesore into a thriving organic farm and outdoor education hub. Home of the Straight 2 The Plate program, growing food for all district schools, and integrating garden education into classroom education.
OK Farm highlights:
85 raised garden beds
2 Chicken coops
20 ft x 40 ft stage
Plastic bottle greenhouse - made by students from single-use plastic trash
50 assorted fruit trees - Food forest around perimeter - available to students, local residents, and visitors
Compost Campus - offering free monthly zero waste workshops (composting, fruit tree care and pruning, recycling, simplified lifestyle, water conservation, conscious consumer, upcycling, etc.)
EUSD Farm lab & dreams campus
Healthy Day cultivated this ten-acre former parking lot into a vibrant outdoor experiential education model and the first certified organic farm to school crop farm in the country.
Farm Lab highlights:
DREAMS Campus - indoor/outdoor environmental and nutrition education satellite campus offering hands-on NGSS science lessons for 5,400 EUSD K-6th grade students.
Crop farm - 4 acres of land growing year-round organic produce for the school district. Over 40,000 pounds of hyper-local produce grown for EUSD’s school lunch program. Summer produce (tomatoes, peppers and herbs) roasted and frozen to provide pizza and marinara sauce for the following school year
Excess produce sold at Jimbo’s Natural Food Market
Food forest - offering public access to over 50 varieties of fruit trees along a busy public through-way
On-site Community Garden
2 chicken coops
Community Education
Working with the City of Encinitas, San Diego Botanic Garden, I Love a Clean San Diego, and Jimbo’s Naturally to educate community members about the best ecological practices to incorporate into the home, office, school, and greater community.