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Montpelier's Soulful Soup: Uniting the School Community Through Food
June 7, 2024
“Wow, it really does look like Hogwarts,” a student remarks, impressed, walking into the school gymnasium. Set end-to-end, four long stretches of tables span the room, one for each grade...
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Farmer-to-Farmer Connections: Building Networks for Learning
April 19, 2024
“I feel really passionate about providing an experience for children and young adults to have a connection to nature and learn about growing their food, but also empowering them so that they...
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Leveraging Federal & State Funding for Innovations in Farm to Early Childhood
February 26, 2024
Farm to early childhood encourages children to investigate their food systems, adopt nutritious eating behaviors, and develop deeper connections to their communities. How can early educators make the...
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2023 Impact by the Numbers
February 22, 2024
2023 was a big year for us and farm to school in our region. We had some firsts: Universal School Meals was made permanent in Vermont, we launched our first Agricultural Educators Cohort, and states...
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Recipe: Sweet Potato Hummus
February 12, 2024
Student engagement is always high with farm to school,” shares Charleston Elementary School Principal Christopher Lawson. “Kids are doing taste tests, planting in the greenhouse, cooking...
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Adapting the Model: Connecticut’s Statewide Farm to School Institute
December 18, 2023
Our Farm to School Institute Adaptation Program supports farm to school leaders in their efforts to adapt, develop, and launch their own Institute programs. Since 2015, Shelburne Farms Institute...
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Fall Farm to School Webinar Series: Now Available to Watch
November 22, 2023
This fall, we collaborated with food systems experts, educators, and school nutrition professionals across the country to create a webinar series for you — our farm to school and early...
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Barre School Celebrates Local Food & Community Connections During Farm to School Month
November 7, 2023
Tuesday, October 24, Barre — Students, school and district staff, Congressional delegation staff, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets Anson Tebbetts, and the Vermont Farm to...
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Get Involved: October is Farm to School Month!
October 9, 2023
October is National Farm to School Month, a time for celebrating and supporting our vision to engage every child in a local food and farm culture that nourishes their bodies and minds, cultivates...
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Vermont Flood Recovery Resources
August 9, 2023
"I feel like there's a lot of pressure on Gen Z to [be] the change, 'You're the generation that's gonna do everything!’ We didn't ask for that. [ F.E.A.S.T.] was a...