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by New York Department of Agriculture | 15-Mar-2018
The New York State Ag and Market Harvest Chart is now available in English, Spanish, Russian, Bengali, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Farm to School champions in New York State may find these charts helpful in explaining seasonality in their community.
by National Farm to School Network | 06-Mar-2018
Esta hoja informativa ofrece una descripción general basada en la investigación de los beneficios de la granja a la escuela y una lista de fuentes. [Resource in Spanish]
by National Farm to School Network | 06-Mar-2018
De la Finca a la Escuela ofrece múltiples estrategias para mejorar la salud de los niños y las comunidades. Esta lista ofrece algunos primeros pasos sencillos para desarrollar un programa. [Resource in Spanish]
by National Farm to School Network | 06-Mar-2018
Los huertos escolares son una parte integral de los programas De la Finca a la Escuela y ofrecen una multitud de oportunidades educativas. Esta lista ofrece algunos primeros pasos sencillos para desarrollar un huerto escolar. [Resource in Spanish]
by The Food Trust | 28-Feb-2018
In honor of Multicultural Children’s Book Day, The Food Trust released this list of over a hundred books with farm to ECE themes that feature characters from Black, Latinx, Middle Eastern/Arab, First/Native Nations, Asian, and multiracial backgrounds.
by Captain Planet Foundation | 1-Jan-2018
Project Learning Garden provides numerous lesson activities or “Explorations” (organized thematically in “Collections”) for every grade level – Early Childhood through 8th Grade.
by Captain Planet Foundation & FoodCorps | 8-Dec-2016
This digital cookbook is filled with simple and accessible recipes that have all been tested in the classroom. All of the recipes serve a sampling to 20-25 students, and can be created in 30 minutes to 1 hour.
by National Farm to School Network | 13-Feb-2018
In this webinar, NFSN partners and staff review NFSN's equity statement and farm to school practitioners share their successes and challenges with advancing equity through farm to school.
by HomeAdvisor | 12-Feb-2018
If you like digging in the dirt, you might enjoy gardening, too. Growing a garden with your kids will help you learn about plants. You might grow flowers or vegetables in your yard or inside your home in containers. As you work to take care of your plants, you will need to make sure they get water and sun to grow.
by Rodale Institute | 12-Feb-2018
Rodale Institute, the birthplace of the organic movement, has put together this resource "My First Garden," to help teachers integrate school gardens into their classroom curriculum. This curriculum is designed for preschool or kindergarten children, but could be adapted to suit early elementary school needs.
by Montana State University | 12-Feb-2018
The Montana Harvest of the Month program showcases Montana grown foods in Montana schools and communities. Each month, participating sites promoting one Montana grown or raised items by serving it in a meal, offering taste tests to students, and doing educational lessons and activities.
by Montana State University | 12-Feb-2018
Get resources, ideas, and inspiration about farm to school in Montana.
by Montana Beef to School | 12-Feb-2018
Read this case study report for tips and stories about how to bring local beef into schools.
by Montana State University | 12-Feb-2018
Use this decision tree to help determine which procurement process (micro, informal, formal) to use when purchasing local beef.
by Montana State University | 12-Feb-2018
Montana Crunch Time is an annual statewide event to celebrate National Food Day and National Farm to School Month in Montana by crunching into locally and regionally grown apples on a designated day. Download the Montana Crunch Time Guide and other resources annually.
by Montana State University | 12-Feb-2018
Customize these templates to make procuring local beef easier using the formal or informal procurement process.
by National Farm to School Network | 01-Jan-2018
These reports showcase farm to school connections made, policies advanced and successes from across the country as reported by National Farm to School Network Core and Supporting Partners and staff.
by National Farm to School Network | 23-Jan-2018
A list of NFSN resource suggestions for exploring and understanding racial and social equity issues in our food system.
by National Farm to School Network | 18-Jan-2018
In this webinar learn from the National Farm to School Network and Natalie McKinney, Executive Director of the Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation and NFSN Hawai’i Core Partner, about the importance of advocacy and education with policy decision makers, and take away tips and tools for jumpstarting advocacy efforts in your own community.
by National Farm to School Network | 01-Jan-2018
The National Farm to School Network’s Theory of Change is grounded in our organizational Core Values, which reflect the spirit of inclusivity and collaboration with which NFSN was established, and embody the integration of equity, justice, mutual trust and respect in all elements of our work.