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August 2019 Dear Michigan Farm to School subscribers, It’s almost time to head back to school! Enjoy the last few weeks of planning with August’s newsletter to inspire, motivate, and offer plenty of ideas for integrating farm to early care and education and school for the upcoming school year. News Congratulations to the 2019 Michigan Farm to School Grant Awardees! USDA just announced the awardees for the 2019 Farm to School Grant Program. In Michigan, the following districts and organizations received funding: Genesee Intermediate School District Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District Urban Roots Grand Rapids See the full press release and list of awardees. Detroit School Gardens Get Kids Excited About Learning "There's magic in the garden. Good teachers take advantage of that and turn it into learning." - Kristine Hahn Read more. Today’s Children are the Future of Farming Brady Lowe has supported beginning farmers for over a decade. His latest initiative, GrowA’Farmer, aims to get children excited about agriculture. Learn how. Urban Schools Fight for Food Justice with Hydroponics Students at Brownsville Collaborative Middle School in Brooklyn, NY are growing healthy food for their classmates. By encouraging their peers to try new foods, they are building community around local food in an area where accessing fresh produce can be a challenge. Read more. Events Food Sovereignty Summit September 23-26, 2019 Green Bay, Wisconsin Attend this conference to learn from one of three tracks: Sustaining Food Systems, Strengthening Tribal Sovereignty, and Caring for Our Lands. The First Nations Development Institute and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin are the co-hosts of this national summit. Learn more and register. Resources Tools for Planning a School Garden The Texas Department of Agriculture has an excellent planning and sustainability guide for school and early care and education gardens! Check out "Let’s Get Growing" to plan your garden now. Webinar: Kicking off the Summer with Farm to Head Start and Early Care and Education How can Farm to Head Start/ECE help your program serve fresh, local food? Learn from experts and examples in this USDA Food and Nutrition Service webinar. Article: It’s Great That We Talk About "Food Deserts" — But It Might Be Time To Stop “What actually causes food inequality goes beyond location, and extends to bigger structural inequalities around income, education, nutritional knowledge and, importantly, race.” Read more.  Farm to ECE Procurement Blog Series Early care and education sites are leading the way with innovative approaches to connect children and their families to local food and local food producers. National Farm to School Network's Farm to ECE Procurement Blog Series highlights successes and key learnings from farm to ECE programs and partners across the country. Explore the blog series. Opportunities Apply for a “Get Schools Cooking” Grant Applications Open: August 19, 2019 A program of Chef Ann Foundation, Get Schools Cooking provides school districts with funding and technical assistance to start using more fresh foods in their food service operations. Learn more and apply. Jobs Full Time AmeriCorps VISTA Position for Farm to School in Traverse City Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District is hiring a full-time AmeriCorps VISTA Service Member to advance farm to school initiatives and activities across elementary schools in northwest lower Michigan. Learn more and apply. About Michigan Farm to School Farm to School centers around efforts to serve local foods in school and early care and education settings. We share ideas, tools and resources to support a range of efforts, from school garden programming to farmer visits and field trips. Visit mifarmtoschool.msu.edu >> FOODSYSTEMS.MSU.EDU ‌ ‌ ‌ You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the MIFARMTOSCHOOL listserv. Please note that if you unsubscribe from this mailing, you will be removed from the listserv as well.

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