Permaculture & Regenerative Leadership - Scholarships

Hello friends,

Join an incredible regenerative leadership and permaculture design
certification retreat in the San Francisco Bay Area, February 16-24th, and
go beyond sustainability towards a wildly fulfilling life and a truly
regenerative culture. We offer a no-nonsense, deeply pragmatic, mainstream
approach to permaculture. No ideologies, only functional design and
solutions that truly work.

-> Read more @ http://www.permaculturedesigntraining.com

Go beyond sustainability towards a truly regenerative culture. Imagine
waking up each day with the knowledge that your whole life, including your
career, is completely aligned with your deepest passions, desires,
principles and values. The experiential permaculture design certification
course is your path towards a career in regenerative permaculture design
and a truly thriving life, deeply rooted in the patterns of nature and a
larger vision of regenerative community and regenerative culture.

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: Thanks to a generous sponsor, we are able to offer
ten scholarships which lower the tuition by almost seventy percent to just
$1250 (regular tuition is $3000!). We're able to make ONLY TEN need-based
scholarships available.
Come get inspired by learning pragmatic permaculture design and
regenerative leadership skills for your life, career, business, and
community from the world's leading sustainability experts; and earn your
internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate. The skills
offered in this course are applicable to every aspect of your life, far
beyond the garden - you will learn to design nature-inspired, resilient,
regenerative systems – composting toilets, water-catchment system,
natural green buildings, eco-villages and much more.

"This course was the BEST time I have had in the past 6 years" -- Lana T

While many people think of permaculture as gardening, that's a lot like
thinking of math as being about building bridges. Permaculture is a
sustainable design science rooted in observation of natural patterns. For
example, the same branching pattern of a tree is present in every river, as
well as in our own bodies -- the pattern maximizes edge, increases
diversity, and serves at least a dozen other functions. The very concepts
of diversity increasing stability of natural living systems and edge
increasing diversity are core permaculture teachings.

-> Read more @ http://www.permaculturedesigntraining.com
-> San Francisco Bay Area - February 16-24
-> Use code SCHOLARSHIP to sign up online ($1250 tuition - regular rate is
$3000)
-> Call 1-800-376-3775

Consistently ranked as the single most powerful and transformational
experience of participants' entire lives, the experiential intensive
inspires real vision and personal regenerative leadership through practical
solutions of natural pattern observation and biomimicry design for a truly
regenerative culture.

Want to know why you should join the program? Check out just some of the
many testimonials from past participants
(http://permaculturedesigntraining.com/reviews):

"I really enjoyed the experience, I can feel my permaculture mind
continuing to grow as things settle in from the course." -- Jaye M

"Thank you for the experience I had - it was wonderful. Best wishes and
continued growth." -- Susan L

"My experience in the course was invaluable. I find myself with a new
permaculture lens that I can put on at will, and see the world around me in
a way that I feel leads to making more conscious decisions and living
better in harmony with the earth." - Deborah F.

Join an unforgettable program in leadership, permaculture and sustainable
design with the world'smost renowned instructors and change your life, your
community and your planet. Not only do Regenerative Leadership Institute
courses offer the most complete curriculum of any similar program, but the
people who come to the programs make this the most powerful training
offered anywhere. Gain cutting-edge skills in nature-inspired sustainable
design that's applicable virtually anywhere design is used -- from green
businesses to your own back yard.

-> Read more @ http://www.permaculturedesigntraining.com
-> Use code SCHOLARSHIP to sign up online ($1250 tuition - regular rate is
$3000)
-> Call 1-800-376-3775

The Regenerative Leadership Institute is the nation's ecological design and
sustainable living school; our instructors are key leaders in sustainable
living and permaculture design.
We hope you will be able to join us for this incredible, life-changing
experiential course!

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Regenerative Leadership Institute -- 1-800-376-3775
14525 SW Millikan Way, Suite 17760, Beaverton, OR 97005
www.permaculturedesigntraining.com

National Farm to School Month - Farm to Head Start Day Celebration!

Greetings Farm to School Friends and Colleagues!

In honor of National Farm to School Month, the National Head Start Association has made today, October 18, 2012 National Farm to Head Start Day! You can learn more about this collaboration and other themes for Farm to School Month here: http://www.farmtoschoolmonth.org/october-18th-theme-celebrate-farm-to-head-start-day/).

To celebrate Farm to School Month AND National Farm to Head Start Day, the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems has partnered with Michigan Farmer's Market Association to share innovative approaches to both outreach and community building with Head Start programs across Michigan. Through collaboration with The Michigan Head Start Association, we've been able to use a new farmer loan program (coordinated by MIFMA) to facilitate access to farm market produce for Michigan Head Start families! Please see and share the attached press release for more information. 

Please join us today in celebrating National Farm to Head Start Day with stories, influence and encouragement with our MI Head Start programs!

Best, 

Jekeia 

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Jekeia Murphy

Academic Specialist

Center for Regional Food Systems | Michigan State University

480 Wilson Rd, Rm 309 | Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-0308 | (f) 517-353-3834 |

foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

FW: Use Food Day to highlight or increase Farm to School efforts

Greetings,

Please see info below about Food Day which can help highlight farm to school activities during National Farm to School Month!

 

Colleen Matts

Farm to Institution Specialist

Center for Regional Food Systems | Michigan State University

480 Wilson Rd | Rm 303 Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517.432.0310

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

 

From: Avi Schlosburg [mailto:ASchlosburg@cspinet.org] On Behalf Of Food Day
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 11:40 AM
To: Food Day
Subject: Use Food Day to highlight or increase Farm to School efforts

 

Food Day – the nationwide celebration and movement for healthful, affordable, and sustainable food – is coming up on October 24, less than two months from now. In 2011, the first year of the campaign, 2,300 events took place around the country, and dozens of school districts around the country took part.

We are thrilled to count the National Farm to School Network among our partners, and we hope you’ll join us in celebrating Food Day this year, especially by co-promoting your National Farm to School Month activities as Food Day events. In Washington, D.C., for example, D.C. Public Schools will celebrate Food Day with a week of Farm to School activities in classrooms and school gardens. Among others, the Cornucopia Project and New Haven Farm to School are planning activities, and the Alaska Child Nutrition Program and Alaska Farm to School will have a special lunch on Food Day to showcase local produce.

Food Day is around the corner! What will you do?

Here are five simple steps to get involved:

1. Check out the Food Day Guide for School Organizers.
2. Use the Food Day Curriculum written by professors at Columbia Teachers College.
3. Help us spread the word through your network and link to foodday.org.
4. October is Farm to School Month, so celebrate both!
5. Register your participation on the national map (even if the event is not open to the public).


Feel free to contact us for assistance as you develop your plans for Food Day 2012 by emailing foodday@cspinet.org.


Lilia Smelkova
Food Day Campaign Manager

Last week to register for MI Farm to School Trainings!

Greetings food and nutrition service directors,

 

If you’re interested in learning how to start or expand a Farm to School program, register by this Friday, September 21^st, for a MI Farm to School Training near you!

 

Through generous funding from the WK Kellogg Foundation, the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems is offering MI Farm to School Training sessions around the state as part of the MI Farm to School Grant Program. To help bring local food into food service programs, this grant program provides farm to school planning and implementation mini-grants to selected school food service professionals at schools/districts AND early child care and education programs with 50% free and reduced rates or greater. Twenty-five MI Farm to School grants were awarded for the 2012/2013 school year, and all grantees will attend the training nearest them. Now we would like to extend the invitation to all Michigan school food service and early child care program providers (regardless of the free and reduced rate of your program/school/district) who are interested beginning or expanding farm to school programs!

 

The MI Farm to School training dates and locations are as follows:

 

·     Tuesday, September 25^th, 12:30 – 4:30 pm

Livingston Educational Service Agency 

McGuffey Room

1425 W Grand River Ave.

Howell, MI 48843

 

·     Wednesday, September 26^th, 12:30 – 4:30pm 

Grayling Charter Township

2090 Viking Way

Grayling, MI 49738

 

·     Friday, September 28^th, 12:30 – 4:30pm 

Kent County Office, Michigan State University Extension

775 Ball Ave NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

 

·     Monday, October 1^st, 12:30 – 4:30 pm

MSU Detroit Center

3408 Woodward Ave.

Detroit, MI 48201

 

Training topics will include an overview of Michigan Farm to School, how and where to find and purchase Michigan products, meeting the new school nutrition standards with locally-grown food, farm to school food safety, expanding farm to school programs beyond produce and beyond lunch, and more! Light refreshments will be served at each training.

 

RSVP for any one of these free trainings here - http://tiny.cc/ah7sjw. RSVPs will be accepted on a first come first serve basis as space allows for each training location. Email notices with location information and more detailed agendas will be sent to all registered participants closer to each training date.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Colleen Matts

Farm to Institution Specialist

Center for Regional Food Systems | Michigan State University

480 Wilson Rd | Rm 303 Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517.432.0310

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

 

FW: Farm to Preschool webinar next week

Greetings Farm to School Partners and Friends!

Here is another exciting opportunity to learn more about farm to preschool! 

Jekeia 

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Jekeia Murphy

Academic Specialist

Center for Regional Food Systems | Michigan State University

480 Wilson Rd, Rm 309 | Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517-432-0308 | (f) 517-353-3834 |

foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

From: Farm to Preschool Subcommittee <info@farmtopreschool.org>
Reply-To: Farm to Preschool Subcommittee <info@farmtopreschool.org>
Date: Friday, September 7, 2012 2:20 PM
To: Jekeia Murphy <stilljek@anr.msu.edu>
Subject: Farm to Preschool webinar next week

Photo courtesy Shawn Linehan Farm to Preschool webinar: 9/12/12, 2-3pm EST Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:00pm-3:00pm EST To register, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/966295082 To kick off the fall and back to school season, Let's Move! Child Care is hosting a free webinar, Farm to Preschool: Digging in to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity! Farm to Preschool is a growing movement across the country to bring fresh, nutritious foods from local farms to children in early education and child care programs. Farm to Preschool also includes activities that promote nutrition and physical activity like gardening with preschoolers, field trips to farmers' markets, and class food preparation and taste testing. This webinar will be an opportunity to hear from Farm to Preschool experts and providers who are incorporating Farm to Preschool activities in their programs. During the webinar, you will learn about the range of Farm to Preschool activities, get tips and ideas on incorporating Farm to Preschool activities in your program, and find out about the free Farm to Preschool resources available online. Whether you are thinking about starting Farm to Preschool activities or looking for ways to expand your current Farm to Preschool efforts, this webinar can help you get a jump start. Don't forget! Send us your tips We want to compile a list of tips for working with little ones from the experts: YOU! Here's an example: Use flour to mark the place where you want the children to plant seeds or where you want them to plant the seedling. Flour is cheap and is not harmful to the soil. Submit your gardening, field trip, cooking, or taste testing suggestions so that programs nationwide can learn from your experiences: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FarmtoPreschool_tips More info on the web Visit our website for tons of Farm to Preschool resources and information. You can also submit your own events, news, or materials: farmtopreschool.org   You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Farm to Preschool Subcommittee enews list. Would you like to update your email preferences? Never want to hear from us again?

list serve

Colleen

I am interested in joining the MIFARMTOSCHOOL@LIST.MSU.EDU list serve. Could you let me know if you could add me to the list?

Thank you for this consideration,

Lori

Lori Yelton, MS RD Nutritionist

Food & Dairy Division

Michigan Department of Agriculture

   and Rural Development

P.O. Box 30017

Lansing, MI  48909

517-335-3853

517-420-3249 cell

yeltonl@michigan.gov

 

MI Farm to School Trainings & National Farm to School Month!

Greetings,

 

Now that the school year is underway, get ready for National Farm to School Month in October by participating in one of the MI Farm to School Trainings in your area!

 

Through generous funding from the WK Kellogg Foundation, the MSU Center for Regional Food Systems is offering MI Farm to School Training sessions around the state as part of the MI Farm to School Grant Program. To help bring local food into food service programs, this grant program provides farm to school planning and implementation mini-grants to selected school food service professionals at schools/districts AND early child care and education programs with 50% free and reduced rates or greater. Twenty-five MI Farm to School grants were awarded for the 2012/2013 school year, and all grantees will attend the training nearest them. Now we would like to extend the invitation to all Michigan school food service and early child care program providers (regardless of the free and reduced rate of your program/school/district) who are interested beginning or expanding farm to school programs!

 

The MI Farm to School training dates and locations are as follows:

 

·     Tuesday, September 25^th, 12:30 – 4:30 pm

Livingston Educational Service Agency 

McGuffey Room

1425 W Grand River Ave.

Howell, MI 48843

 

·     Wednesday, September 26^th, 12:30 – 4:30pm 

Grayling Charter Township

2090 Viking Way

Grayling, MI 49738

 

·     Friday, September 28^th, 12:30 – 4:30pm 

Kent County Office, Michigan State University Extension

775 Ball Ave NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

 

·     Monday, October 1^st, 12:30 – 4:30 pm

MSU Detroit Center

3408 Woodward Ave.

Detroit, MI 48201

 

Training topics will include an overview of Michigan Farm to School, how and where to find and purchase Michigan products, meeting the new school nutrition standards with locally-grown food, farm to school food safety, expanding farm to school programs beyond produce and beyond lunch, and more! Light refreshments will be served at each training.

 

RSVP for any one of these free trainings here - http://tiny.cc/ah7sjw. RSVPs will be accepted on a first come first serve basis as space allows for each training location.

 

Then, it’s time to celebrate National Farm to School Month in October! The National Farm to School Network (NFSN) has developed resources and activities for Farm to School Month that are available on farmtoschoolmonth.org. Here are three things you can do NOW to prepare for October: 

• Participate in “Farm to School Counts” by pledging to serve local food and participate in Farm to School activities during October. Everyone who enters a pledge and completes the follow-up survey will be entered to win a cash prize for his or her program! 
• Are you hosting a Farm to School Month event? Put your event on the map! 
• Make sure you are ready for photo opportunities and events! Order t-shirts, aprons, "I ate local" stickers, posters and more from the Farm to School Month shops. 

 

Thanks,

 

Colleen Matts

Farm to Institution Specialist

Center for Regional Food Systems | Michigan State University

480 Wilson Rd | Rm 303 Natural Resources Building | East Lansing, MI 48824

(p) 517.432.0310

www.foodsystems.msu.edu | www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu