Farm to School Northeast: A Podcast

How does seafood get from the water to the school lunch plate? This was the topic of the Maine's Local Food Processing Workgroup "Behind the Supply Chain" webinar series sponsored by the Maine Farm & Sea to Institution Network, the Maine Food Convergence Project, and the Department of Ag Conservation & Forestry. Hear from: Mary Hudson, Director of Fisheries Programs​ and Mai...

In this episode we talk with Brad Lopes, education and Public Program Manager at the Aquinnah Cultural Center and the Education Manager of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gayhead Aquinnah and Emily Armstrong, Education Director of Island Grown Initiative. Brad and Emily speak about the collaboration between Island Grown and the Aquinnah Cultural Center to promote tribal food sovereignty through the lens of...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast: A Podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. On March 18, Massachusetts Farm to School held their biennial MA Farm and Sea to School Conference at Smith College in Northampton, MA. Over 350 attendees joined in fro...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Meghan Arquin is a Western Massachusetts farmer who works with Farm Lab and runs the Feast Box program. Farm Lab is part of Momentum Ag, a grant-funded nonprofit coordi...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. In this episode we talk about early childhood education and its connection to farm to school and childhood nutrition with Sarah Tousignant, the Executive Director of th...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today our focus is on early childhood education and its connection to farm to school and childhood nutrition. Hear from Maggie Lynch, RDN, Director of Nutrition Service...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have the chance to have all of our burning questions about trout answered by grade four students as we listen to their podcast called “Trout Tales”. But before...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have a chance to talk with Jen Reese, Science and Garden Coordinator with Amherst and Pelham Public Schools and garden educator Leila Tunnell, who co-lead the...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. To start off season 2 we gave the microphone to a group of youth leaders at the Food Project. The Food Project is a Boston-area nonprofit that builds a sustainable food...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with Ernie Koschmieder, the Food Service Director for Groton Public Schools in Groton, Connecticut to talk about the positive i...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with publisher Philip Lee of Readers to Eaters and author Jacqueline Briggs Martin who wrote Eva's Green Garden Life to discuss...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast: A Podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with Connecticut high school student and food system activist Zane Tickoo to talk about his work and dedication to improve the...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with Brian Winslow, a K-4 STEAM teacher from the Southwick School in Northfield, New Hampshire, to talk about their dynamic pro...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with Denise Tapley Proctor, the Food Service Director for RSU 89 in Stacyville, Maine, to talk about the positive impacts of th...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with French teacher Brigitte Savard and high school senior Veda Gahagan from Montpelier High School to talk about ways they emb...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with Sara Churgin, District Manager of the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District, and Margie Brennan, the K-8 Science Coac...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast: A Podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. In this episode, School Garden Coordinator Fatima Seck shares her vision for school gardens as places to allow all students to flourish. From building positive habits a...

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast: A Podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. While Farm to School programs exist across the country and throughout the northeast, for some the phrase, “farm to school,” might not be familiar, and for others a defi...