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“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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

Meals are central to the Northeast Farm to School Institute. Thank you to Chef Jim McCarthy and the team at The Mill Market for making healthy, delicious food to energize the teams. Photo by...

Making pesto with bike-powered food processors, dreaming up onsite programming with Vermont farmers at a picnic table, standing inside a student-built greenhouse on a high school campus — our...