Feeding Michigan, year round.

KEYS shows up for the same neighborhoods we cook for — through school garden programs and community outreach.

Our Programs

Growing with our community, every year.

Community work isn't a marketing line for us. It's the same kitchens, the same staff, the same standards — pointed at the families behind the lunch line.

School Garden Initiative

We help partner schools build raised-bed gardens so students grow herbs and produce that show up on the lunch line. From soil to plate — the shortest farm-to-school program in Michigan.

Soil to Plate

The School Garden Initiative.

We help partner schools install raised-bed gardens so students learn what food actually looks like before it lands on a tray. Herbs, greens, peppers, and tomatoes from the garden show up on the lunch line — same week, sometimes same day.

A close-up of young hands picking ripe red tomatoes from raised garden beds at a partner school garden, with leafy greens, herbs, and the school building softly out of focus behind — Picking day at the raised beds

Inside a school greenhouse with rows of raised beds full of leafy greens and starter seedlings — Greenhouse

A group of students gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new school garden installed by KEYS — Ribbon cutting

A hand holding a tray of freshly harvested tomatoes and produce above the school garden raised beds — Harvest day

Build

KEYS funds and installs the raised beds, soil, and starter seedlings — at no cost to the school.

Grow

Students tend the garden as part of nutrition class — supported by KEYS chefs and program coordinators.

Eat

Harvested produce goes to neighbors around the school community — shared with families nearby and credited to the student team that grew it.

Get Involved

Be part of the next one.

Donate, volunteer, or sponsor as a corporate partner — every program is open to people who want to show up.

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