This post is part of National Farm to School Network's new series of interviews with members of our Advisory Board about the impacts, challenges and opportunities that COVID-19 has brought about for the farm to school movement.


Name: Bertrand Weber
Title: Director, Culinary and Wellness Services
Organization: Minneapolis Public Schools
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
First-year on the National Farm to School Network Advisory Board.

Betrand Weber joined Lacy Stephens, NFSN Senior Program Manager, to share insights on how the COVID-19 emergency has impacted school nutrition programs, what it has revealed about our food system, and how nutrition programs and communities have responded in the short term and are preparing for long term change.


“At its core value, from the beginning, farm to school was about making a connection

back to the food system for our students, providing our students with the best quality

food, reducing carbon footprint, and increasing local economies and sustainability,

those are still all there, none of that has gone away. We will have to adapt on how we

provide that to our customers, but at its core, that is still there and still a value we need to continue.”

– Bertrand Weber


Listen to the full podcast here:


Nat'l Farm to School Network · An Interview with Bertrand Weber