[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REAL SCHOOL GARDENS' 100TH LEARNING GARDEN

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize REAL School 
Gardens, an organization that works in over 40 elementary schools in my 
district, building gardens that engage the curiosity of students 
through STEM education.
  As a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, I 
am proud of the work that REAL School Gardens has done in creating a 
pipeline, a STEM pipeline, in Texas that increases hands-on learning 
for all the students, including more than 100,000 students as of this 
year.
  Additionally, REAL School Gardens has become a great equalizer for 
many students in the Grand Prairie, Dallas, Arlington, and Fort Worth 
Independent School Districts who have limited access to learning 
resources.
  On November 14, 2015, REAL School Gardens will break ground to create 
its 100th garden in partnership with Sprouts Farmers Market.
  I congratulate REAL School Gardens on this achievement and for their 
work in engaging the minds of our youngest members in the community.

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