German Schools and Daycares Grow Vegetables With Acker, 500,000 Children So Far

Acker supports schools and Kitas with an on-site vegetable field, coaching, an online platform for teachers and teaching materials, aiming for every child in the German-speaking region to grow food by 2030. Its website reports 1,960 schools, Kitas and kindergartens growing with Acker in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and 500,000 children reached so far. A January 2025 study by the programme and FASE said more than 1,600 schools and daycares and 300,000 children had taken part after ten years, and that learning sites become self-funding after four years. Harvest weights and changes in what children eat are not published.