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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.
by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Local Foods | 1-Jan-2018
The Question Keeper Database is a database of survey questions that allows you to build your own evaluation questionnaire. The Question Keeper recently expanded farm to school/early care and education content and is easily searchable by content areas and target audience.
by National Farm to School Network | 09-Jan-2018
In this webinar, the Policy Equity Group, the Food Trust, and the Center for Environmental Farming Systems share how they are evaluating internal structures and practices to prioritize equity and working towards programs and policies that place equity at the center of farm to ECE initiatives.
by Georgia Organics | 13-Nov-2017
The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the impact of two of Georgia Organics’ core F2S initiatives—the Golden Radish Award and FoodCorps' service—on the development and sustainability of F2S programming in Georgia between 2014-2016, in order to identify areas of program improvement, provide information for stakeholders, and guide operational decisions.
by Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom | 13-Nov-2017
In addition to instructions for establishing and maintaining a school garden in Minnesota, this guide contains 31 plant–science based lessons that assist in embedding its content into the classroom. All lessons are correlated to core curriculum concepts and Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in science, social studies, language arts, math and nutrition.
by Aleutian Pribilof Island Association | 1-Jan-2018
“Qaqamiigux: Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum” provides a series of lessons and activities that preschool teachers can use to teach the nutritional value of the local, traditional foods in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Region. The aim is to provide culturally-relevant nutrition curriculum specific to the foods in the region.
by National Farm to School Network | 05-Oct-2017
In this webinar recording, partners from Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina and Mississippi share how their states celebrate National Farm to School Month and other farm to school celebratory activities. Hear their tips and ideas for getting started in your community.
by National Farm to School Network & Colorado State University | 29-Sep-2017
Using a survey and case study approach, this report examines the economic impact of local purchasing and provides new insight into the potential for farm to school procurement to positively impact local economies.
by National Farm to School Network | 21-Sep-2017
In this webinar, learn about federal legislative activities and state policy efforts that are advancing opportunities for the expansion of farm to school in K-12 and early care education settings nationwide. Presenters share key learnings from recent policy efforts, and discuss advocacy opportunities for getting involved in current initiatives.