{"id":14881,"date":"2026-10-20T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/?p=14881"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:23:33","slug":"a-growing-movement-takes-root-at-fall-rivers-elementary-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/newsroom\/a-growing-movement-takes-root-at-fall-rivers-elementary-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"A Growing Movement Takes Root at Fall River\u2019s Elementary Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-resource-hero-1Bs9Qr wp-block-lazyblock-resource-hero\"><div class=\"noHero\" style=\"height: 10rem;\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"smallWrapper gutenberg\">\n\t    \n\t    <div class=\"categories flex\" style=\"justify-content: flex-start;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h6\" style=\"margin-right: 2rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/resource\/newsroom\">Newsroom<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"primaryColor dot h6\" style=\"transform: scale(2.2); \">\u00b7<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h6\" style=\"margin-left: 2rem;\">\t\t\t\t20 de octubre de 2026        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t    \n\t    <h1 class=\"h2 blue bgWhite\" style=\"max-width: 50rem\">A Growing Movement Takes Root at Fall River\u2019s Elementary Schools<\/h1>\n\t    \n\t    <hr style=\"margin-bottom: 7rem;\">\n\t  \n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\" style=\"justify-content: center; max-width: 90rem;\">\n\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1.jpg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"A Growing Movement Takes Root at Fall River\u2019s Elementary Schools\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/>\n  \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-interior-content-Z3NzHh wp-block-lazyblock-interior-content\"><div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"paddedWrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper flex gutenberg\" style=\"justify-content: center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"smallWrapper gutenberg\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h3\">Fresh food and lifelong lessons are brought to the table, thanks to BayCoast Bank<\/div>\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t  \t<hr style=\"margin-bottom: 5rem;\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-a8a4b1f\" data-block-id=\"a8a4b1f\"><style>.stk-a8a4b1f {margin-bottom:7px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">SWANSEA, FALL RIVER, MA \u2014 School gardens are taking root in Fall River, giving students hands-on opportunities to grow, taste, and learn about fresh food through the Marion Institute\u2019s Grow Education program.<br><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Farm-to-School initiative supports teachers, engages families, and inspires students through hands-on learning.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program transforms underutilized school grounds into outdoor classrooms, where students engage directly with planting, tending, and harvesting food while learning about plant life cycles, nutrition, and regional agriculture.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marion Institute is expanding Grow Education in Fall River, beginning with James Tansey Elementary, Samuel Watson School, and Westall Elementary. The three-year initiative aims to reach 11 elementary schools by June 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cBayCoast Bank\u2019s generous grant of $150,000 will help us bring hands-on food and farming education to more students in Fall River,\u201d said Liz Wiley, Executive Director of the Marion Institute. \u201cThrough planting, harvesting, and tasting fresh food, students build knowledge and confidence that extend beyond the school garden. We\u2019re grateful for this investment in our students and our local food system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>By bringing together nutrition and community engagement, the Grow Education program is planting the seeds for healthier futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u00abGrow Education will help students feel seen and valued by encouraging them to share their cultures, traditions, and experiences with food,\u201d said John McMahon, Senior Vice President of Community Engagement. \u201cThat sense of belonging and cultural exchange is truly special.\u00bb<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With BayCoast Bank\u2019s support, this project will help build and sustain a growing network of school gardens across Fall River. By June 2029, the initiative aims to engage approximately 900 third-grade students annually through school gardens, classroom lessons, and fresh-food taste tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School gardens are taking root in Fall River, giving students hands-on opportunities to grow, taste, and learn about fresh food through the Marion Institute\u2019s Grow Education program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":14857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"class_list":["post-14881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1.jpg",4000,2148,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1-300x161.jpg",300,161,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1-768x412.jpg",768,412,true],"large":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1-1024x550.jpg",1024,550,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1-1536x825.jpg",1536,825,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Grow-Ed-1-1-2048x1100.jpg",2048,1100,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>School gardens are taking root in Fall River, giving students hands-on opportunities to grow, taste, and learn about fresh food through the Marion Institute\u2019s Grow Education program.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/.\/newsroom\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsroom<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"BayCoast Marketing","url":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/author\/marketingbaycoastbank-com\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comentarios","publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14882,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881\/revisions\/14882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoast.bank\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}