National Farm to School Training
Posted by on February 24, 2006
National Farm to School Training | March 13, 2006
9 am to 3 pm | Garden District Hotel | New Orleans, Louisiana
Training will cover: Starting and Sustaining a Program; Barriers and Opportunities; Educational Activities; Measuring Farm to School Outcomes; Supportive Policies; Funding Opportunities; Developing a Farm to School Action Plan.
Farm to School Practitioners at all levels of program implementation and all CFP grantees with a farm to school focus are encouraged to attend.
Description: Half-day training workshop will provide an overview of the farm to school approach, providing examples from various farm to school models emerging across the country. Group discussions will touch upon information related to setting up a program that is financially viable at the school district and for the farmers involved, incorporating educational activities, finding farmers and setting up distribution systems, existing evaluation studies on outcomes of farm to school programs, supportive policies and funding opportunities. Participants will be guided to develop their plans/next steps for promoting farm to school in their schools and communities.
Contact: Anupama Joshi, (323) 341-5095, ajoshi@oxy.edu
See http://www.farmtoschool.org/upcoming.htm for more information.
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