From arw at ceimaine.org Wed Feb 18 11:45:33 2009 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:45:33 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] FW: Northeast Farm to School Conference Message-ID: Dear F2S Friends, I omitted the listservs in my first posting. Apologies for cross-postings. Please see below for information on the upcoming second annual Northeast Farm to School Conference, this May! Call for Papers/Presenters forthcoming. Thanks, 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: Amy R. Winston Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:16 AM To: Amy Winston Subject: FW: Northeast Farm to School Conference Farm to School Friends and Advocates-Our Northeast Farm to School Conference - a partnership with VT FEED and VT Agency of Agriculture - is coming up in May! Please consider attending and/or presenting! 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: Northeast Farm to School [mailto:dhudson at shelburnefarms.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 1:45 PM To: Amy R. Winston Subject: Northeast Farm to School Conference SAVE THE DATE! May 17th and 18th, 2009 COOKING UP CONNECTIONS The Northeast Farm to School Conference at Champlain College Burlington, VT On-line registration opens March 27th. Find out more information at www.vtfeed.org or www.farmtoschool.org/northeastconference If you are interested in presenting, please contact Dana Hudson dhudson at shelburnefarms.org before March 1st. The Northeast Farm to School Network, VT FEED (Food Education Every Day), and Vermont Agency of Agriculture are pleased to be co-hosting this confernce. Help grow and support farm to school initiatives throughout the Northeast. Network, share, learn and celebrate the growing farm to school movemet. Farmers, Teachers, School Food Service, Distributors, Parents, Students, Government, Legislators, Non-Profits, and Food Advocates are All Welcomed Join us for Short Courses and Field Trips on Sunday and All-Day Conference Workshops on Monday. 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See below: Farm to Cafeteria Coordinator Healthy Acadia, a community health coalition, has an opening for a motivated community organizer to link Hancock County farms, schools and other institutions in sustainable relationships that promote local agriculture, community health, education and food security. Major Responsibilities include: - Building purchasing relationships between farms and local institutions - Helping schools incorporate food, nutrition and agricultural education - Writing grant proposals and reports - Convening and facilitating stakeholder meetings - Organizing workshops, trainings and other learning opportunities This is a full time, benefit eligible position. Applications will be accepted through March 15, 2009. Send a letter, resume and contact information for 3 references to: Doug Michael, Healthy Acadia, POB 962, Bar Harbor ME 04609 doug at healthyacadia.org From Walter.Beesley at maine.gov Thu Feb 26 19:53:52 2009 From: Walter.Beesley at maine.gov (Beesley, Walter) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:53:52 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] the child nutrition reautoix=zation act of 2009 Message-ID: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B053B3281@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> The authorization act of 2009 has proposals for a farm to school promotion. Some of the ideas are: Enact and authorize $250 million over five years for start up costs; competitive, one-time grants to schools; school gardens; hands on nutrition education programs; and other Farm to School activities. $50 million of this funding would be mandatory. Establish a Farm to School initiative in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. 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URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20090226/75025c3d/attachment.html From mbennett at usm.maine.edu Thu Feb 19 09:59:56 2009 From: mbennett at usm.maine.edu (Maryann Bennett) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:59:56 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] A potentially good resource for Farm to School Nutrition Education Message-ID: <499D2D9D020000FC0002722C@uct5.uct.usm.maine.edu> After the information that Ken had forwarded on the research published in the ADA journal about the importance of using a school garden in classroom nutrition education, I thought I would also send this information that I was given on a new resource along that line. We, at the Maine Nutrition Network, have ordered this book, will be reviewing it, and will let you know what we think. In the meantime, if you want to check it out yourselves, here is the description: New Publication: Nourishing Choices: Implementing Food Education in Classrooms, Cafeterias, and Schoolyards The National Gardening Association's newest book, Nourishing Choices, provides a road map for developing a food education program and exciting children about healthful eating. Drawing on a wealth of collective experience, the guide features profiles of exemplary school- and district-based initiatives and details on "best practices." It also outlines novel and systematic strategies for developing food education programs, from schoolyard gardens and classroom cooking lessons to districtwide farm-to-cafeteria programs that bring local produce to the lunch line. Here's what educators and health professionals say about Nourishing Choices: "Teachers, health educators, parents, and nutritionists want to improve the quality of school food, but we are often short on time, energy and resources. We need a comprehensive 'how-to' guide, with proven success stories that can be replicated nationwide. This is it!" -- Melinda Hemmelgarn, M.S., R.D., L.D., Food Sleuth(r) Columnist & Nutrition Communications Consultant "Nourishing Choices is an inspiring and practical guide for anyone interested in making positive changes in school food offerings from cafeteria to vending machines. It is a wonderful and greatly needed resource! A must read for administrators, teachers, school nurses, food service staff, and parents working to promote school wellness." -- Karrie Kalich, Ph.D., R.D., Early Sprouts: Gardening and Nutrition Experiences for the Young Child Program "In this book, the inspiring and illuminating stories of thriving programs reveal that combining complex concepts -- food systems, sustainability and conservation, and community and cultural awareness -- can engage children and help them see that health extends beyond their own bodies. Exposure to farms, hands-on gardening, and cooking all serve as introductions to systems thinking, giving children a real and holistic involvement with learning environments that integrate the sciences and humanities." -- Joel E. Kimmons and Terry O'Toole, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Order Nourishing Choices by phone (800-538-7476) or via this Web site: HYPERLINK "http://www.gardeningwithkids.org/11-3410.html"http://www.gardeningwithkids. org/11-3410.html The National Gardening Association (NGA) promotes home, school, and community gardening as a means to renew and sustain the essential connection between people, plants, and the environment. NGA develops and publishes its own curricula and gardening guides for teachers and youth leaders, and publishes the works of others in the field of education and youth gardening. 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URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20090219/f08b67c6/attachment-0001.html From elibby at umext.maine.edu Thu Feb 19 12:56:02 2009 From: elibby at umext.maine.edu (Ellen Libby) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:56:02 -0500 Subject: [farm.school] County offices will have this resource- A potentially good resource for Farm to School Nutrition Education In-Reply-To: <499D2D9D020000FC0002722C@uct5.uct.usm.maine.edu> References: <499D2D9D020000FC0002722C@uct5.uct.usm.maine.edu> Message-ID: <20439D61C0BCB243A1A53380252E50B3071A4D15@backend.umext.maine.edu> Hello Everyone, For those of you coming to our From Soil to Garden to Plate (see attached) workshop on February 28th, this book will be one of the resources provided (through our 4-H Healthy Lifestyles Program Leadership team)- one copy/school or program. We will also be providing each school/organization with a copy of "Steps to a Bountiful Kids' Garden" from NGA. Programs will also get to choose between the "Maine Apprentice Gardener Curriculum" and a new Soils book entitled "Soil! Get the Inside Scoop" by David L. Lindbo (www.soils.org ). Each county Extension office will be receiving these resources after the workshop so they will be available throughout the state. The afore mentioned workshop filled within a week of its announcement and we have established a waiting list. Our colleagues in Oxford County will be repeating this workshop and we may also be replicating it in another region of the state. We would like to offer the above resources for schools/programs attending the Oxford workshop. We need to find an additional $2,200 to purchase these books for this workshop. If any of you know have access to funding to support putting these resources in the hands of 50 more schools/youth programs, please send me an e-mail. Thanks and may this be our healthiest harvest year yet! Warmly, Ellie Ellen B. Libby Extension Educator University of Maine Cooperative Extension 377 Manktown Rd. Waldoboro, ME 04572 (207) 832-0343 or 1-800-244-2104 Fax: (207) 832-0377 elibby at umext.maine.edu ________________________________ From: Maryann Bennett [mailto:mbennett at usm.maine.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:00 AM To: arw at ceimaine.org; sarah-plummer at cumberlandswcd.org; verrill at exploremaine.com; bob at foodformainesfuture.org; Rob at foodformainesfuture.org; carl.costanzi at gmail.com; jeffmccabe4me at gmail.com; KyraGould at gmail.com; mefarms at gmail.com; siennatinsley at gmail.com; ron_adams at gorham.k12.me.us; doug at healthyacadia.org; farmtoschool at healthyacadia.org; tim at healthyacadia.org; jeanne at healthyoxfordhills.org; kate at healthyoxfordhills.org; ken at healthyoxfordhills.org; armstrongsamantha at hotmail.com; sealrossignol at hotmail.com; zakk at leafcutters.org; Wendy Pieh; farm.school at lists.maine.gov; David.Crawford at maine.gov; jaki.ellis at maine.gov; Jane.Aiudi at maine.gov; maitca at maine.gov; MaryEllen.Doyle at maine.gov; Walter.Beesley at maine.gov; jpiotti at mainefarmlandtrust.org; Jorr at mcph.org; jread13 at megalink.net; m3d at megalink.net; michaeln at megalink.net; Tinsley5 at megalink.net; rlibby at mofga.org; scott at moosepondarts.com; cthompson at msln.net; lauriephillips at progresscentermaine.org; ABeal at propeople.org; logan at protectmainefarmers.org; mlambke at RFGH.net; anne.stanley at roadrunner.com; creatrix at roadrunner.com; dknightly at sad17.k12.me.us; Emma_DayBranch at sad17.k12.me.us; hwestleigh at sad17.k12.me.us; jeanie_stone at sad17.k12.me.us; kdaley at sad17.k12.me.us; shanscom at sad17.k12.me.us; dhudson at shelburnefarms.org; Ellen Libby; Kate Yerxa; Amy Root; tswain at westernmountainsalliance.org; herlihyk at wmhcc.org; debra.casey at yahoo.com; jayflea22 at yahoo.com; ddemers at yorkschools.org Subject: A potentially good resource for Farm to School Nutrition Education After the information that Ken had forwarded on the research published in the ADA journal about the importance of using a school garden in classroom nutrition education, I thought I would also send this information that I was given on a new resource along that line. We, at the Maine Nutrition Network, have ordered this book, will be reviewing it, and will let you know what we think. In the meantime, if you want to check it out yourselves, here is the description: New Publication: Nourishing Choices: Implementing Food Education in Classrooms, Cafeterias, and Schoolyards The National Gardening Association's newest book, Nourishing Choices, provides a road map for developing a food education program and exciting children about healthful eating. Drawing on a wealth of collective experience, the guide features profiles of exemplary school- and district-based initiatives and details on "best practices." It also outlines novel and systematic strategies for developing food education programs, from schoolyard gardens and classroom cooking lessons to districtwide farm-to-cafeteria programs that bring local produce to the lunch line. Here's what educators and health professionals say about Nourishing Choices: "Teachers, health educators, parents, and nutritionists want to improve the quality of school food, but we are often short on time, energy and resources. We need a comprehensive 'how-to' guide, with proven success stories that can be replicated nationwide. This is it!" -- Melinda Hemmelgarn, M.S., R.D., L.D., Food Sleuth(r) Columnist & Nutrition Communications Consultant "Nourishing Choices is an inspiring and practical guide for anyone interested in making positive changes in school food offerings from cafeteria to vending machines. It is a wonderful and greatly needed resource! A must read for administrators, teachers, school nurses, food service staff, and parents working to promote school wellness." -- Karrie Kalich, Ph.D., R.D., Early Sprouts: Gardening and Nutrition Experiences for the Young Child Program "In this book, the inspiring and illuminating stories of thriving programs reveal that combining complex concepts -- food systems, sustainability and conservation, and community and cultural awareness -- can engage children and help them see that health extends beyond their own bodies. Exposure to farms, hands-on gardening, and cooking all serve as introductions to systems thinking, giving children a real and holistic involvement with learning environments that integrate the sciences and humanities." -- Joel E. Kimmons and Terry O'Toole, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Order Nourishing Choices by phone (800-538-7476) or via this Web site: HYPERLINK " http://www.gardeningwithkids.org/11-3410.html"http://www.gardeningwithki ds . org/11-3410.html The National Gardening Association (NGA) promotes home, school, and community gardening as a means to renew and sustain the essential connection between people, plants, and the environment. NGA develops and publishes its own curricula and gardening guides for teachers and youth leaders, and publishes the works of others in the field of education and youth gardening. For more information about NGA's programs and publications, please visit HYPERLINK "http://www.garden.org/"www.garden.org or HYPERLINK "http://www.kidsgardening.org/"www.kidsgardening.org . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Below is the link to see the school's program featured on Martha Stewart Living. Follow this link, then look on the right hand side of the page for where it says "Mount Desert School" and click there. http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.79cd0d4bac77d1611e3bf 410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=a1e6332268b4e110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfm t=default I'm also attaching a version of the farm to school survey form that we used this fall in our Hancock and Washington County Farm to School Assessment. (It was done both on paper, and on survey monkey.) There were follow-up interviews done as well. We will eventually share the results of this assessment, once they have been fully compiled and analyzed! Best, Heather -- Heather Albert-Knopp Farm to School Coordinator Healthy Acadia Coalition http://www.healthyacadia.org/farmtoschool.html Home Office: 146 Southern Bay Road Penobscot, Maine 04476 207-326-4909 farmtoschool at healthyacadia.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Mount Desert Islander Farm To School.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 59899 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20090225/53302f23/MountDesertIslanderFarmToSchool-0001.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. >>> Heather Albert-Knopp 2/25/2009 4:30 PM >>> Hi all, Here's some recent publicity on the farm to school program at Mount Desert Elementary School in Northeast Harbor. Attached is a recent article from the Mount Desert Islander. Below is the link to see the school's program featured on Martha Stewart Living. Follow this link, then look on the right hand side of the page for where it says "Mount Desert School" and click there. http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.79cd0d4bac77d1611e3bf 410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=a1e6332268b4e110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfm t=default I'm also attaching a version of the farm to school survey form that we used this fall in our Hancock and Washington County Farm to School Assessment. (It was done both on paper, and on survey monkey.) There were follow-up interviews done as well. We will eventually share the results of this assessment, once they have been fully compiled and analyzed! Best, Heather -- Heather Albert-Knopp Farm to School Coordinator Healthy Acadia Coalition http://www.healthyacadia.org/farmtoschool.html Home Office: 146 Southern Bay Road Penobscot, Maine 04476 207-326-4909 farmtoschool at healthyacadia.org