Dos Pueblos Students Receive First ‘Believe Big’ Award for Growing Campus Food

GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) - The first-ever "Believe Big" award is going to Dos Pueblos High School students who have been growing food for over a year for campus meals and fellow students.

The DPHS Enviromental Club Healthy Salad Meals Program was originally funded by Dario Furlati of Ca' Dario Cucina Italiana and the Pilgrim Terrace Urban Farms.

Organizer and philanthropist Drew Wakefield is presenting a check for $2500. and urges other campuses to also grow their own food through campus gardens or the unique "tower gardens."

Since launching, Healthy Salad Meals has served more than 7,400 free salads to students and staff.

The Wakefield Believe Big Charitable Foundation says “These wonderful young students are growing, harvesting, and feeding their fellow students a much better, more nutritious, and delicious meal at lunchtime. Because they believed that this program would work on the campus of Dos Pueblos High School, they made it happen.”

He also emphasized that the program, in conjunction with Pilgrim Terrace Urban Farms and Kitchen, could be duplicated on other high school campuses because it teaches students time management, farming, responsibility, and the belief that they can make a positive difference for their classmates.

Healthy Salad Meals is continuing to grow through student leadership, school support, and community partnerships. The team hopes the program can serve as a model for other schools interested in fresh food access, water conservation, reduced plastic waste, and hands-on environmental education.

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