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Jan

Healthy Snacks Become Lessons on Nutrition in Madison Schools

January 16, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

When REAP’s Farm to School program provides a healthy snack, students not only receive a serving of fruits or vegetables but also an information sheet about the snack. This is because REAP’s Farm to Food program is as much about teaching students healthy, local food in schools as it is about feeding them. The Farm...

Oct

12 College Campuses Leading the Way for Sustainable Dining

October 13, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News, Stories from the field

Many cafeterias around the United States are working to provide students with healthy, sustainable meal options. To do this, colleges and universities are changing the way that they purchase and prepare food in their cafeterias, and many of them are beginning to source food locally. Universities can play a big role in their local and...

Aug

WCPS Workers Prep and Process Produce

August 17, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Ric Dugan/Staff Photographer WILLIAMSPORT — Williamsport High School’s kitchen smelled like home cooking Tuesday as food-service workers were making “homemade” marinara sauce. The sauce was being cryovaced so Washington County Public Schools students can enjoy it this school year, said Jody Francisco, manager of culinary development. This is the first of four weeks where food-service...

Aug

School Gardens Offer Learning Opportunities, Fresh Produce

August 17, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

A local school garden project is providing not only fresh produce, but also a number of learning opportunities for the students. Students at Beckley-Stratton Middle School have helped grow the seeds, plant the vegetables and beautify the spaces where three gardens are located at the school. The first garden, located behind Beckley Elementary School, was...

Aug

Building A Successful Farm To School Movement: One Person, One Plot, One Policy At A Time

August 17, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

What does it take for a school district to be able to offer fresh, local, unprocessed food to its students? Chaffee County, Colorado found that the key ingredients are supportive school district administration, a strong school wellness policy, a food service director and staff passionate about incorporating locally grown foods into school meals, and buy-in...

May

It’s All About That AG

May 20, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farms, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

In the US, there are 80,000 American Indian farm/ranch operators with an average age of 58. These producers are selling 3.4 billion dollars worth of raw agriculture product per year and own in excess of 96 million acres, second only to the US Government. Often overlooked is the tremendous potential of this land to create...

Apr

Hospitals are Hungry for Changes in Food Service

April 23, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, In the News

When most of us think of “hospital food,” we think meatloaf and Jell-O — basically bland, tasteless, and not particularly healthy. Traditionally, the hospital was someplace where you had to eat, not a place where you would choose to eat. And the cafeteria was mainly a place for time-challenged staff and distracted guests to eat...

Apr

Using Food Hubs to Create Sustainable FTS Programs

April 16, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

This document serves as an overview of four Vermont food hubs’ efforts responding to an institutional demand for locally grown products. Farm-to-School programs have progressively expanded across the state of Vermont, thus stimulating a widespread increase in both local food supply and effective distribution. With a focus on food hubs to develop more sustainable Farm-to-School...

Feb

Colorado May Pay to Get More Local Food in Schools

February 24, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Third graders at Zach Elementary School in Fort Collins pick and choose fruits and vegetables from a produce bar. – Coloradoan library. A Colorado bill to spend about $5 million to put more local produce in school cafeterias passed its first testWednesday at the Legislature. But the measure passed by a single vote after complaints...

Farm to School Bills Aim to Teach Students to Produce Own Food

Feb

Hawaii Introduces Bills to Teach Students to Produce Own Food

February 24, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

When children go to school, they learn to read and write so they can get a good job or go to college. But what most don’t learn in school today is how to produce their own food. A bill that would help students learn to feed themselves in a sustainable way passed through the Senate...