From arw at ceimaine.org Mon Mar 9 16:12:28 2009 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:12:28 -0400 Subject: [farm.school] FARMS-UMaine Extension School Composting School April 14 2009, GSB School, Damariscotta Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting... Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) and UMaine Extension have teamed up to host a School Composting School for schools and other institutions: Less Waste, More Education! Want to set up a compost system at your school or institution but don't know where to start? Have a pile of grass clippings and food scraps but want to learn more? WHO: Teachers, Food Service Personnel, Custodial Staff, School Administrators, Parent Volunteers, Hospital Staff, anyone with the motivation to set up a compost system at their school or institution! WHAT: "How to Compost at School" with Mark Hutchinson, Associate Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Faculty member of the internationally recognized Maine Compost School. WHERE: Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta WHEN: Tuesday, April 14th from 4 pm to 7pm with a meal provided HOW MUCH: FREE! Sponsored by: F.A.R.M.S. in cooperation with University of Maine Cooperative Extension HOW TO SIGN UP: Contact Amy Winston at 882-7564 or email arw at ceimaine.org Limit 25 so sign up early! 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: School Composting School April14Event Flyer.doc Type: application/msword Size: 862208 bytes Desc: School Composting School April14Event Flyer.doc Url : http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20090309/c0343dc8/SchoolCompostingSchoolApril14EventFlyer-0001.doc From arw at ceimaine.org Thu Mar 12 14:28:15 2009 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:28:15 -0400 Subject: [farm.school] FW: fruit trees for schools Message-ID: Please see below for a funding opportunity for schools for fruit trees. 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: Kelly Erwin [mailto:kelerwin at localnet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:16 PM To: Pat Lanni; Franklyn Carlson; Michael Silverstone; Gina Simm; Deb Habib; Catherine Sands; Debi Hogan; Cammy Watts; Susan Sacks; Lynn Petrowski; Mark Tuttle; Jon Clements; Ken Nicewicz; Janice King; Marjorie M Findlay; Dana Hudson; Amy R. Winston; Anne Cody Kornitsky Subject: fruit trees for schools Dear Friends, Thought you might be interested in the following. "The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation establishes orchards at public schools so students can help care for the environment. The ecological lesson also improves air quality and creates a lasting source of healthy food. Thirty schools received 1,000 trees in 2008 and more are expected to get them in 2009. Ask school officials to email info at ftpf.org to nominate a site." - From a magazine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tours will include the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research, JF Witter Teaching and Research Center, Rogers Farm Gardens and many other sites. Presentations will include Sustainable Agriculture, Using My Pyramid and integrating agriculture across the elementary curriculum. At this Educator's workshop, participants will receive 42 contact hours for re-certification credits. Thanks to grants issued by the ME Potato Board, The ME Department of Agriculture and other sponsors the cost of this training will be only $200 per participant before June 30th (a $400 value), and $225 after this date, which includes lodging, travel and meals for up to 25 educators for the 5 days. All participants will receive the 55-lesson Food, Land and People Resources for Learning, The Maine Teacher Resource Guide, Growing Potatoes in Northern Maine, Caretakers All and Choose Well (curricula from the National Cattleman's Assn.) and The Wild Blueberry Curriculum as well as training in these hands-on materials and exposure to Maine Agriculture and Local Foods. All participants will receive a free copy of the USDA interactive CD "Growing a Nation - The Story of American Agriculture" and "Celebrate America" a social studies video and lessons using food to teach students about cultures. " No matter where you are, It ALL starts with Agriculture!" For further information please contact: Ms. Willie Sawyer Grenier, Maine Agriculture in the Classroom, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, Tel: (207) 287-5522 Email: maitca at maine.gov 2009 Maine Ag. In the Classroom Summer Teachers Institute Registration Form Conference Fee $200.00 before Deadline June 30, 2009 or $225 afterward (if space is available) Make checks payable to Maine Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) NAME_____________________________ SCHOOL__________________________________ HOME ADDRESS______________________SCHOOL ADDRESS___________________________ __________________________________ ___________________________ HOME PHONE________________________SCHOOL PHONE_____________________________ GRADE LEVEL____________________________SUBJECT(S) ___________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________ WILL YOU BE STAYING OVERNIGHT? YES NO DO YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS? (DIETARY OR OTHERWISE ) YES NO Explain_______________________________________________________________________ ARE YOU CURRENTLY USING AGRICULTURE IN YOUR CURRICULUM? YES NO HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL YOU HAVE IN 2009/2010? ___________________ Conference registration deadline June 30, 2009 Mail to: MAITCA, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 For more information call (207) 287-5522 or E-mail maitca at maine.gov or visit www.maineagintheclassroom.org Registration includes overnight accommodations, transportation during the conference, and meals. Materials including Project FLP Resource for Learning, The Wild Blueberry Curriculum, Growing Potatoes in Northern Maine, The MAITCA Teacher Resource Guide, Celebrate America, Choose Well, Caretakers All and Growing a Nation will be supplied to all participants. Willie Sawyer Grenier "To have the harvest, we must sow the seed." Maine Agriculture in the Classroom 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 287-5522, Fax 287-7548 maitca at maine.gov www.maineagintheclassroom.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20090323/d2a041df/attachment.html From arw at ceimaine.org Fri Mar 27 13:55:45 2009 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:55:45 -0400 Subject: [farm.school] FW: Farm to Childcare Resources Message-ID: Hi All - Here is a farm to Head Start/Daycare resource from Stacey Williams at Ecotrust in Portland, OR. They have an excellent program. Please share this with parents or pre-school age kids and with daycare centers. 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: Stacey Williams [mailto:swilliams at ecotrust.org] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:45 PM To: Michelle Ratcliffe; Dana Hudson Cc: Tegan Hagy; Emily Jackson; Amy R. Winston; Debra Eschmeyer; Anupama Joshi; marion at foodsecurity.org; Glyen Holmes; Vonda Richardson; Le Adams; SARA M TEDESCHI; molly at asapconnections.org; apoole at kerrcenter.com Subject: Farm to Childcare Resources Hello RLAs! It was really great to meet all of you face-to-face at the conference last week. I had in my notes from our meeting on Thursday evening a request from Sara to share the handout that Emily and I created for our workshop on Farm to Childcare. I believe that we'll also be helping to shape some of the language about farm to childcare that will soon appear on the National F2S website. If you have any questions about our work in this area, don't hesitate to ask. Again, it was really great to meet (or reconnect) with all of you. Best, Stacey -- *please note my new telephone number* Stacey S. Williams, MPH Farm to School Assistant, Food & Farms Ecotrust 721 NW Ninth Avenue, Suite 200 Portland, OR 97209 swilliams at ecotrust.org 503-467-0751 ________________________________ From: Michelle Markesteyn [mailto:michelle.markesteyn at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:54 PM To: Dana Hudson Cc: Tegan Hagy; Emily Jackson; arw at ceimaine.org; Debra Eschmeyer; Anupama Joshi; marion at foodsecurity.org; Glyen Holmes; Vonda Richardson; Le Adams; SARA M TEDESCHI; molly at asapconnections.org; apoole at kerrcenter.com; Stacey Williams Subject: Please add SW to RLA CHAT & RLA communications Hello RLA Team- As you know I will be going on a reduced schedule in the next few weeks (yeah baby due January 7th!) SO PLEASE include Stacey Williams from now on on all RLA communications, or if you want to direct someone to the Western Regional Lead.... "Stacey Williams" , 503.476.6080 (note that is my desk phone...) Thanks! On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Dana Hudson < dhudson at shelburnefarms.org> wrote: Hi Fellow RLA'ers I just looked at the calendar and did the math, we have 17 months left on this project and we have completed 15 months. So we are at the halfway point. This realization really hit me hard and opened up a lot of questions for me..... What have I accomplished in the past 15 months? What do I hope to accomplish in the next 17 months? What structure needs to be in place to get me there? What do I need to do now to be ready in 17 months? What network structure/legacy/norms are we hoping to have in place by then? Am I looking for funding to keep this position going or should I be setting up the systems/templates for the region to run on its own as a network without an RLA? And besides all these big heady questions, I also want to find some time just to talk about ideas, templates, databases, etc.... I know some of you have had similar thoughts, and I was wondering if we want to chat about it. I have proposed some times to discuss this at Doodle site http://www.doodle.com/tn3yuu3wynd24bvx use it like Meeting Wizard. Type your name, choose the times that work for you, and then hit participate. You don't have to join, just wanted to bring together those that want to chat. I tried to accommodate timezones by only picking times as EST in the afternoon. So a noon time is 9am pacific, etc.... Actually, I think there is a timezone changer above the table. Dana 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... 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