FW: Register Today! Webinar and Learning Session on Youth Engagement and Career Pathways in Farm to School

Monday, June 15, 2026

Good morning!

Forwarding on a couple of GREAT looking webinars from the National Farm to School Network.

Read more below!

Julie Lehman (she/her)

Farm to Youth Network Coordinator

Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems

My personal Zoom room link is below.

Online for drop-in hours every Tuesday from 10:30-11:30am

Meeting ID: 565 815 5119
Passcode: lovelocal

Planting Pathways: Engaging Youth in Food, Agriculture, and Career Exploration (Webinar)

🗓️ Date: June 30, 2026

⏰ Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm PT / 3:00 - 4:00pm ET

Speakers include:

Erin Primer, Food and Nutrition Services Director, San Luis Coastal Unified School District
Christine Robertson, Executive Director, San Luis Coastal Education Foundation
Amanda Fletcher, Executive Director, California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
Becca Whitman, Strategic Relations, California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom

Interactive Learning Session on Youth Engagement and Career Pathways to Supporting the Food System (Participatory Session)

🗓️ Date: July 8, 2026

⏰ Time: 11:00 - 12:00pm PT / 2:00 - 3:00pm ET

Topics and facilitators:

Cultivating Skills and Leadership Through Hydroponics and Afterschool Learning with Lisa Seiber-Garland, School Nutrition Director, Trenton Special School District, Tennessee
Youth Leadership and Career Pathways to Culinary Services with Pyllicia Moore, Marcus Glenn, & James Porter, Houston Independent School District, Texas
Agriculture-based Lessons: Maple Sugaring and Orchardist Skills with Rebekka Henriksen, Farm to School Program and Schenectady City School District, New York
Youth Paid Leadership Programs with Jenny Pritchett,Youth Engagement Manager, Growing Hope, Michigan

For questions about these virtual opportunities, please email Trisha@farmtoschool.org.

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