The Farm to School Podcast
Stories from the frontlines of food, farming, and education—where young minds grow and agriculture takes root. Join co-hosts Michelle Markesteyn and Rick Sherman as they explore what it means to bring local food into the school cafeteria and teach kids about where their food comes from with guests from around the world!
UPDATE: Show notes, contact information and more at https://extension.oregonstate.edu/podcast/farm-school-podcast
Please stop by to say hello and to suggest a show topic!
The Farm to School Podcast
Latest Episodes
SnackTime Explorers
What happens when curiosity meets crunchy, colorful produce in the classroom? In this episode, we take you from curious kids tasting kiwi berries and (sometimes too-spicy) peppers to a behind-the-scenes look at the USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegeta...
Scratch Happens.. Training the Future of School Food
What does scratch cooking, workforce development, local ketchup, and a mysterious conference hall ice machine have in common? This episode. Recorded live(ish) from the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference, we sit down with Patrick Garmong from...
Pickles, a Cave, EMUS and the Daily Bear: Farm to School, Vermont Teen Style
What happens when Vermont teenagers take farm to school on the road—and land in the middle of a national conference? In this joyful, unscripted hallway conversation from the Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Albuquerque, you’ll meet students and ...
More Than Lunch: Food as a Classroom Tool
What does it really take to make food education for all more than just a great idea? In this lively, laugh‑filled episode recorded at the Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Albuquerque, the Farm to School Podcast crew digs into how food can be a p...
The Fish that Didn’t Get Away (it Became a Taco): Jenn Lovewell’s Journey from Dock to Cafeteria
Wouldn’t that be a great title for a children’s book? In this episode, we dive deep—pun absolutely intended—into the world of bay-to-tray (or boat-to-school) with former school nutrition director–turned–seafood innovator Jenn ...
Fan Mail
Hello! I’ve been listening for a couple of months and really enjoy it! Im an insurance agent but passionate about my home garden, what my child eats, and changing her charter school foods! I would love more information on how to get involved (maybe a new career I could be passionate about) on the Central Coast CA. I think our closest farm to school program is the Santa Bonita school district. But I don’t know how to implement or bring a program to the Lompoc unified school district, specifically our Manzanita public charter school. We are expanding our school and will be getting our own kitchen in the next year or two, we are also getting a new superintendent that I’m hoping we will be on board with some healthy ideas. Any information, suggestions, classes I could take, are all welcome!
Lompoc, California
Podcasts we love
Check out these other fine podcasts recommended by us, not an algorithm.
The School Garden Podcast
Made Greene