From arw at ceimaine.org Tue Dec 2 10:21:02 2008 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:21:02 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] FW: General Mills Grant Opportunity Message-ID: Here is a funding opportunity for farm to school. Amy Amy R. Winston Director, Lincoln County Economic Development Office (LCEDO) Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) Northeast Regional Lead Agency, National Farm to School Network P.O. Box 268, 35 Water St. Wiscasset, ME 04578 (207) 882-7564 phone (207) 882-7308 fax www.lincolncountymaine.org Hosted by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) ________________________________ From: Margo Wootan [mailto:mwootan at cspinet.org] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:40 PM To: nanacoalition at cspinet.org Subject: Fw: General Mills Grant Opportunity http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/cbg_grant_complete.aspx FYI -- A grant opportunity for $10,000 each, awarded to about 50 community based groups working on creative ways to get youth adopt healthy eating and pa behavior. Champions for Healthy Kids Grants The General Mills Foundation, in partnership with the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sport, developed the Champions for Healthy Kids grant program in 2002. Each year since inception, the General Mills Foundation awards 50 grants of $10,000 each to community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle. In addition, the General Mills Foundation sponsors up to 50,000 young people each year to participate in the President's Challenge and earn the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award for their commitment to a physically active and fit lifestyle. The Presidential Active Lifestyle Awards recognize youth ages 6 to 17 for establishing and maintaining a physically active lifestyle. General Mills has invested nearly $14 million dollars and reached more than 3 million youth across the country to improve their nutrition and fitness behaviors. Timeline for the 2009 Champions for Healthy Kids Grant Program Online Applications November 2008 Available Online Applications Due January 15, 2009 (at 11:59 pm CST) Award Recipients Announced May 2009 Grant Checks Mailed to May 2009 Recipients Program Evaluation Due September 1, 2010 More Information: Click here to find out more about the application process. If you have questions after reviewing the grant application form and background resources, you may contact Beth Labrador by phone at 1-800-877-1600 ext. 4821 or by email at blabrador at eatright.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20081202/eaf630fd/attachment.html From arw at ceimaine.org Fri Dec 5 15:24:14 2008 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:24:14 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] FW: FW: Major Research Project Reveals Advances In School Healthy Eating in England Message-ID: Here is an article on a recent independent study from Great Britain tat might be of interest. Amy R. Winston Director, Lincoln County Economic Development Office (LCEDO) Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) Northeast Regional Lead Agency, National Farm to School Network P.O. Box 268, 35 Water St. Wiscasset, ME 04578 (207) 882-7564 phone (207) 882-7308 fax www.lincolncountymaine.org Hosted by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) > > Major Research Project Reveals Advances In School Healthy Eating, England > > > 17 Nov 2008 > > The culmination of a year's independent research has found that teachers, > parents and pupils are benefiting from a dedicated healthy eating and > physical exercise programme. > > More than half of the children involved in the research said they were > eating more healthily as a result of the PhunkyFoods programme, which has > been adopted by more than 500 schools across England. > > The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), an internationally > regarded charity which has been at the forefront of independent educational > research for 60 years and regularly contributes to Government policy, > studied the impact of PhunkyFoods in 18 primary schools across the country > between November 2007 and September 2008. > > Its findings include that in schools using PhunkyFoods for one year: > > - Parents and teachers saw improvements in the knowledge, awareness, > attitudes and behaviour towards exercise and healthy eating > - More than half of children said they ate more healthily as a result > - More than half of children demonstrated that they had improved their > understanding of why healthy eating was important > - The number of pupils who could provide a sophisticated response about > what 'balance' meant to them in diet doubled after PhunkyFoods had been > delivered > > These findings were based on interviews with more than one hundred pupils, > teachers and parents. > > The NFER concluded that PhunkyFoods is "Popular with the whole school > community and clearly helps expand, embed and enhance health-related > teaching, through increasing school staff competence and confidence, > complementing other initiatives and positively impacting on pupil knowledge, > attitudes and behaviour." > > Developed by nutrition expert Purely Nutrition with backing from Northern > Foods in 2005, PhunkyFoods is supported by a consortium that includes Nestl? > and Cargill. The consortium jointly supports the programme, encouraging > healthier lifestyles by providing the funding for the scheme's expansion to > a growing number of schools across the UK. > > Currently 517 UK primary schools are benefiting from the curriculum-based > programme which provides weekly lesson plans for each primary school year > group. Through art, drama, music, play and hands-on experience with food > children learn key healthy eating and physical activity messages in a light > hearted and fun manner. > > Dr Jennie Cockroft, director of Nutrition at Purely Nutrition, said: "These > results help confirm that it really is possible to improve children's eating > habits through early intervention and education - now we need the Government > to recognise the progress we are making and to support us." > > It would cost approximately ?7m for every primary school child in the > country to receive PhunkyFoods, a fraction of the ?372m investment unveiled > in January this year by the Government to tackle obesity - a key part of > which is educating children. > > The independent research, which evaluated the impact and implementation of > PhunkyFoods in eighteen case study schools, involved schools undergoing > detailed assessments before and after they had begun teaching the scheme. > More than one hundred pupils, teachers and parents were interviewed about > their experience and the impact of the programme. > > Dr Cockroft continued: "The only way to create a lasting benefit is to > ensure children have the knowledge to make the right decisions on their own, > without the need for constant supervision or strict rules. PhunkyFoods > clearly has a positive impact on children, teachers and parents - now we > have to ensure that good practice is spread across the country." > > Earlier in the year South West Essex PCT became the first health authority > in the country to roll out PhunkyFoods across every school in its area. > > Melody Williams, head of health improvement for children and young people > at South West Essex PCT, said: "PhunkyFoods has amassed a strong track > record in delivering real health benefits without placing undue pressure on > teachers or the curriculum. It's a great way of getting schools and > individual teachers working together to help address the growing issue of > childhood obesity." > > Purely Nutrition > ________________________________ > > > > Article URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/1296 > 37.php > > > Frank Hample > 100 Sand Hill Road > Somerville, Maine > USA > > > > ________________________________ > > > Traveling over the river or through the woods this holiday season? Get the > MapQuest Toolbar. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! From arw at ceimaine.org Fri Dec 5 14:25:00 2008 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:25:00 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] FW: CNR slides Message-ID: Fyi... Amy R. Winston Director, Lincoln County Economic Development Office (LCEDO) Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) Northeast Regional Lead Agency, National Farm to School Network P.O. Box 268, 35 Water St. Wiscasset, ME 04578 (207) 882-7564 phone (207) 882-7308 fax www.lincolncountymaine.org Hosted by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) ________________________________ From: Margo Wootan [mailto:mwootan at cspinet.org] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:00 PM To: nanacoalition at cspinet.org Subject: CNR slides I mentioned at this week's NANA meeting that I presented NANA's child nutrition reathorization recommendations at this year's APHA conference. Here are my slides for anyone who might like to use or adapt them. (See attached file: APHA CNR 08.PPT) Margo G. Wootan, D.Sc. Director, Nutrition Policy Center for Science in the Public Interest 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009 202-777-8354 202-265-4954 (fax) mwootan at cspinet.org www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy Make your voice heard on important health and nutrition issues! Join CSPI's online action network at www.takeaction.cspinet.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20081205/3abbd12a/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: APHA CNR 08.PPT Type: application/octet-stream Size: 10799104 bytes Desc: APHA CNR 08.PPT Url : http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20081205/3abbd12a/APHACNR08-0001.obj From arw at ceimaine.org Thu Dec 4 16:22:14 2008 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:22:14 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] FW: school garden best practices Message-ID: Dear Farm to Schoolers - I am pleased to share (attached) the Northeast Farm to School Network's guidelines for using produce from school gardens in school classrooms and cafeterias. We hope you find this of use for your next taste test! Best, Amy Amy R. Winston Director, Lincoln County Economic Development Office (LCEDO) Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) Northeast Regional Lead Agency, National Farm to School Network P.O. Box 268, 35 Water St. Wiscasset, ME 04578 (207) 882-7564 phone (207) 882-7308 fax www.lincolncountymaine.org Hosted by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) ________________________________ From: Dana Hudson [mailto:dhudson at ShelburneFarms.org] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:53 PM To: Dana Hudson; Ken Morse; Amy R. Winston; el.farrell at unh.edu; nduclos at unh.edu; Boynton, Koi; Dorothy Brayley; Kelly Erwin ; Jack Salo; adb242 at cornell.edu; Jennifer Wilkins; Kristen Mancinelli; kmackenzie at cityharvest.org Subject: school garden best practices Here is the final (for now) version of the school gardens best practices brochure. Dana Hudson VT FEED (Food Education Every Day) Northeast Regional Lead for National Farm to School Network 1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, VT 05482 (802) 985-0381 voicemail (802) 434-3202 home office dhudson at shelburnefarms.org ________________________________ From: Dana Hudson Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:14 PM To: 'Ken Morse'; 'arw at ceimaine.org'; 'el.farrell at unh.edu'; 'nduclos at unh.edu'; 'Boynton, Koi'; 'Dorothy Brayley'; 'Kelly Erwin '; 'Jack Salo'; 'adb242 at cornell.edu'; Jennifer Wilkins; 'Kristen Mancinelli'; 'kmackenzie at cityharvest.org' Subject: Mid December RSC meeting Hi RSC - Thanks for a great call last week. Attached are our notes from that meeting. Thanks Amy for taking such fabulous notes! At the end of the call, we agreed on having another call mid-December to focus on reflection and planning ahead. Below are some thoughts and questions we discussed that will be the basis of this call. No need to answer them now, just something to ruminate on till then. I have attached a Doodle site here for setting that date. http://www.doodle.com/mnn329cuzbpx4vab . let us know as soon as you can, what times you can make. I also wanted to open up the conversation again about next year's regional farm to school event. I proposed having it co-hosted with Vermont FEED's state event. We were running out of time during that part of the call and I asked for any input, but a bit hurriedly. If you have had follow up thoughts or concerns, I would love to still hear from you. I will work really hard to make sure that it meets our REGIONS needs, not just Vermont's. QUESTIONS FOR US TO DISCUSS IN MID-DECEMBER: What is it that we want our region to look like when the RLA money ends? Voluntary steering committee with systems in place and positions closing down or continue these RLA positions/roles? How do we want our region to be operating as network? What does that look like? What needs to get done between now and then to get us there? Should we be looking for further funds to support this? Dana Hudson VT FEED (Food Education Every Day) Northeast Regional Lead for National Farm to School Network 1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, VT 05482 (802) 985-0381 voicemail (802) 434-3202 home office dhudson at shelburnefarms.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20081204/6ee689ac/attachment-0002.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Using Produce from School Gardens.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 668155 bytes Desc: Using Produce from School Gardens.pdf Url : http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20081204/6ee689ac/UsingProducefromSchoolGardens-0002.obj From arw at ceimaine.org Thu Dec 4 16:22:14 2008 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:22:14 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] FW: school garden best practices Message-ID: Dear Farm to Schoolers - I am pleased to share (attached) the Northeast Farm to School Network's guidelines for using produce from school gardens in school classrooms and cafeterias. We hope you find this of use for your next taste test! Best, Amy Amy R. Winston Director, Lincoln County Economic Development Office (LCEDO) Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) Northeast Regional Lead Agency, National Farm to School Network P.O. Box 268, 35 Water St. Wiscasset, ME 04578 (207) 882-7564 phone (207) 882-7308 fax www.lincolncountymaine.org Hosted by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) ________________________________ From: Dana Hudson [mailto:dhudson at ShelburneFarms.org] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:53 PM To: Dana Hudson; Ken Morse; Amy R. Winston; el.farrell at unh.edu; nduclos at unh.edu; Boynton, Koi; Dorothy Brayley; Kelly Erwin ; Jack Salo; adb242 at cornell.edu; Jennifer Wilkins; Kristen Mancinelli; kmackenzie at cityharvest.org Subject: school garden best practices Here is the final (for now) version of the school gardens best practices brochure. Dana Hudson VT FEED (Food Education Every Day) Northeast Regional Lead for National Farm to School Network 1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, VT 05482 (802) 985-0381 voicemail (802) 434-3202 home office dhudson at shelburnefarms.org ________________________________ From: Dana Hudson Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:14 PM To: 'Ken Morse'; 'arw at ceimaine.org'; 'el.farrell at unh.edu'; 'nduclos at unh.edu'; 'Boynton, Koi'; 'Dorothy Brayley'; 'Kelly Erwin '; 'Jack Salo'; 'adb242 at cornell.edu'; Jennifer Wilkins; 'Kristen Mancinelli'; 'kmackenzie at cityharvest.org' Subject: Mid December RSC meeting Hi RSC - Thanks for a great call last week. Attached are our notes from that meeting. Thanks Amy for taking such fabulous notes! At the end of the call, we agreed on having another call mid-December to focus on reflection and planning ahead. Below are some thoughts and questions we discussed that will be the basis of this call. No need to answer them now, just something to ruminate on till then. I have attached a Doodle site here for setting that date. http://www.doodle.com/mnn329cuzbpx4vab . let us know as soon as you can, what times you can make. I also wanted to open up the conversation again about next year's regional farm to school event. I proposed having it co-hosted with Vermont FEED's state event. We were running out of time during that part of the call and I asked for any input, but a bit hurriedly. If you have had follow up thoughts or concerns, I would love to still hear from you. I will work really hard to make sure that it meets our REGIONS needs, not just Vermont's. QUESTIONS FOR US TO DISCUSS IN MID-DECEMBER: What is it that we want our region to look like when the RLA money ends? Voluntary steering committee with systems in place and positions closing down or continue these RLA positions/roles? How do we want our region to be operating as network? What does that look like? What needs to get done between now and then to get us there? Should we be looking for further funds to support this? Dana Hudson VT FEED (Food Education Every Day) Northeast Regional Lead for National Farm to School Network 1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, VT 05482 (802) 985-0381 voicemail (802) 434-3202 home office dhudson at shelburnefarms.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20081204/6ee689ac/attachment-0003.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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