Fw:=?utf-8?Q?=F0=9F=94=8A_?=Calling MI Farm to School Coordinators: Learn, Connect, and Lead

Please share this opportunity with Michigan-based Farm to School Coordinators!!

Farm to School Coordinator Learning Collaborative:
Are you a Farm to School Coordinator based in California, Michigan, Minnesota, or New York? Do you have experience with local procurement and farm to school innovation, and are you interested in strengthening your facilitation and presentation skills? National Farm to School Network is recruiting 15 Farm to School Coordinators to join a Learning Collaborative. Each Collaborative member will each receive a $5,000 stipend that will cover the cost of travel for two in-person events and for their time and participation in the collaborative. 

Interested? READ MORE HERE and then submit your application. (Deadline: February 9).

In the email below you will find additional info, contact information, and a separate Farm to School Coordinator Community of Practice opportunity! 

Julie Lehman (she/her)

Farm to Youth Network Coordinator

Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems 

Michigan Farm to ECE

Michigan Farm to School

Lake Michigan School Food System Innovation Hub

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From: Trisha Bautista Larson <trisha@farmtoschool.org>
Subject: [NFSN Partners] 🔊 Calling Farm to School Coordinators: Learn, Connect, and Lead

 

Hi NFSN Partners,

We are excited to announce the launch of phase two of the Farm to School Coordinators project.  This peer learning and networking opportunity features two components:

🌱 Learning Collaborative (15 Farm to School Coordinators from California, Michigan, Minnesota and New York)

As a member of the Learning Collaborative, you will join a dynamic peer learning community that blends four interactive virtual sessions and two in-person gatherings. Together, you'll strengthen your farm to school coordination strategies, exchange local procurement insights, and tackle shared challenges and successes alongside fellow Coordinators. The Collaborative will generate lessons and resources that NFSN can also share with the broader farm to school community. This specific opportunity is for Coordinators from California, Michigan, Minnesota, and New York.  APPLY HERE TODAY. 

🌱 Expanded Farm to School Coordinators Community of Practice

This is an opportunity for Farm to School Coordinators across the country to attend and participate in free quarterly Community of Practice (CoP) calls and engage in a virtual forum (Slack) with peers and NFSN. The CoP calls will include presentations and topics presented by Learning Collaborative members and NFSN and will be an informal space for Coordinators to bring questions and ideas they may have from the field. The first meeting is set to kick off on March 27th at 2:00 - 3:15 pm CST. REGISTER FOR THE KICK OFF CALL.

For questions, please reach out directly to Trisha@farmtoschool.org. 

If you are a Farm to School Coordinator (or similar role) OR know someone who is, we kindly invite you to pass along this opportunity.

Thank you so much and I look forward to connecting very soon.

Warmly,

Trisha

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	Trisha Bautista Larson, MPH (she/her/hers) Programs Director,  National Farm to School Network
	(323) 694-0668 | Based in Illinois*
	trisha@farmtoschool.org
	www.farmtoschool.org

* I acknowledge that I live, learn, and work encompassing the ancestral, traditional lands of the Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Peoria, Kaskaskia, Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi), lands in which were forcibly stolen from these Native Nations. Learn whose land you live on: native-land.ca