Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability (PEAS) connects kids with nature 7-16 2020

Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability (PEAS) is an educational non-profit. “Our mission is to cultivate joyful connection with the natural world through outdoor learning and edible education!” PEAS runs 30 programs in 19 schools in Austin and Pflugerville ISDs during the 2019-2020 school-year! Our guest on Shades of Green is PEAS Executive Director, Lauren Zappone Maples. She co-founded PEAS Community Farm & Urban Orchard at Cunningham Elementary in 2011 and became the founding executive director of PEAS in 2015