Created: 9/11/2009 2:59:49 PM 
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Schools throughout the area are being hit hard in the wallet, and have had to make creative choices to keep going.
North Florida School, serving young people from age 7 to 22 who have mild to moderate developmental disabilities, is making the most of the current situation.
The school has taken a 35x35 piece of its lawn and turned it into an organic garden, to be tended by the students.
The garden got under way today as students and faculty were in the dirt planting vegetables, under the supervision of a landscape architect.
Debra Rains, director of resources for the school, tells First Coast News the ultimate goal is to teach the students everything from planting and cultivating the crops to marketing and selling them.
In doing so, the school not only teaches its students about nutrition and life skills, but the school itself becomes more self-sufficient.
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