Give Big with BOB finale downtown
Gallatin Valley Farm to School’s BoZone Ozone Bus (BOB) will parked on Main St. during this year’s Give Big Gallatin Valley from 6pm on Friday, May 4th to 6pm on Saturday, May 6th. BOB is
a giant blue school bus that was converted into a mobile greenhouse to teach students about science, sustainable farming, and environmental stewardship. Anyone interested in exploring the wonderful life of BOB is invited to stop by! Gallatin Valley Farm to School will also be promoting its education and summer camp programs. Donors will have the opportunity to give at any of the giving tables or on their Give Big page at www.givebiggv.org. See you downtown!
Gallatin Valley Farm to School is a nonprofit based in Bozeman. The organization believes that by linking food producers directly to the consumer, a brilliant cycle is created. The goals of Gallatin Valley Farm to School are to supply students with local, fresh, and seasonal foods, and to educate school communities about the importance of local agriculture. Their program helps to create and retain revenue within the community, promote sustainable agriculture, an
d preserve open space, while improving our children’s nutrition and teaching them healthy lifelong values and habits. Learn more at www.gvfarmtoschool.org. •
The Bozone Ozone Bus (BOB) is a fully functional “greenhouse on wheels,” made from a converted school bus.
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The Bozone Ozone Bus (BOB) is fully operational thanks to the efforts and inspiration of Bozeman’s youth via the Bozeman Youth Initiative (BYI). BOB is a fully functional “greenhouse on wheels,” made from a converted school bus, an idea that grew out of a conversation between BYI director, Greg Owens, and a local student. The bio diesel fueled bus is on a mission to educate youth by conducting traveling educational exhibit, with high school and college-age students hosting workshops for elementary school students about important environmental issues such as: greenhouse design, plant life and natural cycles, seeds, germination, transplants, growth, harvesting, soil vs. hydroponic growing methods, recycling, solar energy, compost generation and management, bio-fuels, rainwater entrapment, sustainability and more.
