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Here are some stories about farm to school programs and related information worth reading this week: Five School Programs Feeding America’s Children ‘Lunch Ladies’ Criticize how CPS Updated School Food Area Farmers, Schools Plant Seeds of Support Role of Local Food Systems in Farm Policy is Growing Vegetables From Carmel Valley School’s Garden a Hit with Students The EPA, region 8 has been hosting a Clean, Green and Healthy Schools webinar series, every Wednesday for six weeks beginning January 18, at 5:30 EST. The series is designed for schools serving tribal communities but is open to ALL school administrators, risk manager, educators, healthy and safety coordinators, school health professionals, environmental protection personnel [...] Enticing kids to try fresh, local food in school lunchrooms! An example from Wisconsin here. An introductory guide for school staff, teachers and farmers, courtesy of farm to school in Ohio here. The Nutritious, Delicious, Wisconsin [NDW] curriculum is a thematic unit of instruction that uses local foods to teach nutrition concepts to elementary students. NDW focuses on Wisconsin foods with a connection to Wisconsin’s history, culture and people. The primary goal of the curriculum is to broaden to food experiences of WI students. Find the guide online [...] FoodCorps recruitment for year 2 is open — if you are able to assist with outreach by carrying or displaying materials [posters, postcards, etc.] to events, please contact Simone Hebrin at serve@foodcorps.org to get a packet of materials. Applications are due March 25th, events will have to be in the next 2 months. The Healthy Breakfast-4-Kids [HB4K] goal is to create and improve access to breakfast in schools nationwide as a means to lessen the huge negative impact of hungry children across our nation. In 2012, Food Family Farming Foundation [F3] and Walmart Foundation are partnering to gran 117 $2500 equipment grants to rural high needs schools for [...] The Food Network’s hit competition show “Chopped” aired a successful episode featuring four passionate school cooks, who were able to discuss the work they do, showcase their cooking skills and compete for $10000. This spring, the producers would like to air a similar episode, featuring cooks serving kids from elementary to high school age. Cooks should [...] Cheshire County New Hampshire is looking to find businesses and organizations that focus on food, farming, or forestry that would be interested in starting or expanding to South West NH. The County is in the preliminary stages of determining if there is interest in the proposed Cheshire County Commons Farm and Food Hub. Please contact the County [...] Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy is pleased to announce a call for abstracts for our annual Student Research Conference. The conference attracts students interested in any component of the interactions between food, the environment, nutrition, human well-being and society. Presentations may include thesis research, internships, independent studies or directed studies, capstone papers, [...] The Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture announced that the Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for a new grant round focused on providing funding for emergency feed purchases. “As we anticipated, feed has now become an urgent need among Vermont farmers affected by Irene. Many farmers who thought they’d [...] |
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