2025 Earth Day Challenge at FMS (Fifth Year)

On Earth Day 2025, all Farmington Municipal School students were given planting kits at the elementary level; zinnia/marigolds, and sugar snap pea seeds, and by student selection at middle and high schools; cucumbers & marigolds. Building healthy eating habits begins early, and we hope that all our students grow to love growing & eating fruits and vegetables for the rest of their lives. The Earth Day Challenge is to plant your growing seeds at home, in a pot, or on the ground and document your success.

Click here to register between May 1 and May 16, 2025. Details & guidance about completing the video/PowerPoint will be sent to all of the students who register to participate by Monday, June 2, 2025.
Contestants will upload a one-minute (or less) video of the growth of their plant or a PowerPoint presentation with color pictures documenting the process. We encourage all registered participants to document the process of growing their plant from germination through getting sugar snap peas and how they love to eat them. Our three winners will be announced at the annual Local Food Summit event in July!

Dear Parents/Guardians,

On April 22, 2025, in celebration of Earth Day 2024, your child was given a growing kit with sugar snap peas and zinnia/marigold seeds to grow at your home. Your child watched a quick video and learned to plant a seed as well as what a plant needs to live. Here are some general planting tips for you and your child once the plant is home:

Here are some general planting tips for you and your child once the plant is home:

Health Benefits of Sugar Snap Peas You Should Know About

Zinnia Information

Dear Educator,

We are excited to announce that we are sponsoring our annual Earth Day activity once again! It is our hope that we can encourage all of our students to develop a love for not only growing their own fresh fruits and vegetables but also eating them at a young age that will carry them into adulthood with healthy eating habits.

Planting kits that include sugar snap peas and zinnia/marigold seeds along with a dry soil disc, and small cup will be distributed to all FMS elementary students on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Students will receive their kits during lunch in the cafeteria. We ask that you plan an Earth Day activity and plant these seeds in class, or assign it as a project to do at home. Our team has created a short video you can distribute or watch in class.

Our Earth Day team consists of the following agencies in San Juan County: