Posts Tagged ‘school nutrition’

School Garden Project Of Lane County—Oregon (video)

School Garden Project Of Lane County—Oregon (video)

This video was shot for the School Garden Project of Lane County, a local non-profit that works with elementary school children to create a school garden.

Failure to Cultivate: A Response to Caitlin Flanagan on School Gardens

January 12, 2010 Well thought out with good points made in response to Atlantic Journal post yesterday, How school gardens are cheating our most vulnerable students. Chef Kurt Michael Friese, owner and publisher of Edible Iowa River Valley, writes about the importance of school gardens and what children may learn from doing so. “There is [...]

Farm To School: A Conversation with Marion Kalb

Farm To School: A Conversation with Marion Kalb

Update: September 15, 2009: The USDA began their Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative at Tree and Leaf Farm, just outside Washington DC. In building the relationships between farmer and eater, emphasis will be placed in connecting locally grown food with learning institutions, so our children will have the opportunity to eat good fresh [...]