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Request for Proposals: Research Projects on Farm to School Programs
November 18, 2024
The Farm to School (FTS) movement is more than connecting students with local food systems—it’s also about using FTS as an integrated educational opportunity to improve student well-being...
New Podcast Series: Farm to School Northeast!
October 29, 2024
The Northeast Farm to School Collaborative has launched a podcast exploring the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in...
Recipe: Wheat Berry Salad
September 30, 2024
October is National Farm to School Month, a time for honoring and supporting the educators, school nutrition professionals, farmers, students (and more!) who connect youth with where their food comes...
Get Involved: October is Farm to School Month!
September 27, 2024
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!
What is farm to school? At the Pennsylvania Farm...
How Do We Support & Grow Farm to School? A Conversation with Essential Ingredients Podcast
September 27, 2024
“School meals are part of the education day.” –Betsy Rosenbluth
By changing school culture and elevating the school meal experience, we can empower students to see the cafeteria...
Kicking Off Our 14th Annual Northeast Farm to School Institute
September 12, 2024
“The work of farm to school is more than getting back to the land, it’s an opportunity to get the Land back into us — woven into our systems — embedded in our procedures....
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...
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...
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...
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...