The Farm to School Podcast
Join our hosts Michelle Markesteyn with Oregon State University, and Rick Sherman of Oregon Department of Education as they explore what it means to bring local food into the school cafeteria, and teach kids about where their food comes from, across the country.. and the world!
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Episodes
39 episodes
The Luck of the Lunch Tray: Gaelic Greens & Garden Dreams
Born in Ireland, Jennie journeyed to the United States. Her passion for food and health set her on a career path that started as a hospital Clinical Dietitian, evolved into Nutrition Service Manager and Director at a school district, and curren...
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23:17
NOYO Food Forest
Have you ever heard of a Food Forest? It sounds something you can find in the woods outside Willy Wonka’s factory, right? Join us as we explore the relationship with Fort Bragg, California’s school district Nutrition Services Direct...
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25:00
Who Knew Broccoli Didn't Grow on Trees? School Garden Education in Colorado
Often as we teach kids where their food comes from, even 11th graders sometimes think broccoli grows on trees because they're not exposed to growing food. Join us as we explore School Garden Education in the Denver, Colorado area with Sus...
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Student Ecoliteracy: The Publisher
Our last episode was coined "Student Ecoliteracy, The Author" which explored Katherine Pryor's journey of writing children's books about nature and garden subjects. In this companion episode, we talk to Katherine's first publishe...
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Student Ecoliteracy: The Author
Katherine Pryor first wrote a story when she was seven years old. She's been chasing the feeling of how the story made her feel every day since then.. Fast forward to today, when she's published ten children's books, most of which a...
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30:20
Remarkable Academic Foods
What if you ran the Nutrition Service Department and you needed help.. someone to help to provide training, kitchen design, or "strategic solutions leadership?" Join Rick and Michelle as they chat with Joshua Miller, the Founder and...
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20:27
Educating Kids Through Music: The Banana Slug String Band - PART 2
In our journey to explore the different methods of educating kids about their food and the environment, we bring you a new way we haven't explored yet on this program: Educating kids through music! Join us as we talk to members of ...
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20:37
Educating Kids Through Music: The Banana Slug String Band - PART 1
In our journey to explore the different methods of educating kids about their food and the environment, we bring you a new way we haven't explored yet on this program: Educating kids through music! Join us as we talk to members of ...
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26:50
Farm Lab-DREAMS Campus; Julie Burton
Join us as we talk to Julie Burton of the award-winning Farm Lab DREAMS Campus (Design, Research, Engineering, Art, Math & Science). It's an amazing story of how they were able to establish a certified organic farm that feeds into their nat...
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27:31
Growing Food Changes Lives: A Discussion With Big Green's Sam Koentopp
Many organizations provide educational programming for school gardens across the USA. But what about the infrastructure of building the garden, how do you start? Join us as we talk with Sam Koentopp from Big Green. They work with pa...
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24:34
The History of School Gardens: A Conversation With Author Rose Hayden-Smith
Most people Haven't heard of the term "Farm to School." Once the concept is explained to them, usually the next thing to explain is.. what is a school garden? Typically, folks assume that school gardens are a relatively new...
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28:48
Food Lab: A small school where the kids scratch-cook their own meals
Often times we highlight very large school districts that has a meal program that offers food that is made from scratch whenever possible. Because those places are large districts with many resources, there might be more opportunities to ...
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18:53
So You Have a School Garden.. Now What To Do With That Food? The Master Food Preserver Episode.
Many School Gardens are able to produce an abundance of food. Usually they are able to bring the produce right in to the cafeteria.. But what if you have an overabundance of something? How can you save it? Can you can it SAFEL...
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25:46
It's not "School Lunch".. It's "Lunch at School!"
Chef. Innovator. Leader... Cranky Parent? There are many words to describe Bertrand Weber. Join us as he shares his journey from an "angry parent" who was concerned about his kid's school meal to stepping up and doing so...
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28:44
Small Bites Adventure Club
Today our special guests are Chef Asata Reid and Erin Croom of "Small Bites Adventure Club" from Atlanta, GA. Listen to them as they share their journey and passion of how they developed a truly one-of-a-kind, innovative program to...
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29:58
Critters in the School Garden
So you have a school garden. You grow beautiful fruits and veggies. Great! Now what? Once you've mastered your "green thumb" and want to try the one of the next steps in school gardens, many programs are having success w...
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30:35
Developer/Leader in Farm to School: Spotlight on Miguel Villareal, National Farm to School Network
Miguel Villareal is the Interim Director of the National Farm to School Network. From humble beginnings in a farm worker's family, his journey led him to athletics, a software salesman, and finally as a Nutrition Services Director for a l...
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The Cafeteria and School Garden in Harmony
Often school garden programs and school cafeterias operate very independent and separately from each other. Join us for a wonderful example of a program that works in harmony: West Linn-Wilsonville School District. Our Guests includ...
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30:48
Junior Master Gardeners: Texas A&M's Randy Seagraves
Join us as we interview Texas A&M University's Randy Seagraves. Randy is the Program Specialist and Curriculum Director of the International Junior Master Gardener Program. Find out how America's youth are inspired and transform...
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23:30
Changing the World by Being the Change at Home - Part 2
Join us for our second part of our interview with the co-founders Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie of "Green Our Planet," a non-profit based in Las Vegas, Nevada that uses school garden and hydroponic STEM programs that teach students about susta...
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Changing the World by Being the Change at Home - Part 1
Join Rick as he visits with the co-founders Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie of "Green Our Planet," a non-profit based in Las Vegas, Nevada that uses school garden and hydroponic STEM programs that teach students about sustainability and financia...
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21:57
World's Largest Student Farmer's Market
Join Rick as he travels "on assignment" to Summerlin, Nevada to interview two groups of elementary students who participated in the "World's Largest Student Farmer's Market," sponsored by Green Our Planet.
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19:43
What's the Buzz in School Gardens (Part 2)?
Join us for part two of our discussion about bees and pollinators in the school garden with Associate Professor Andony Melanthpoulos with Oregon State University. Show notes and much more will be available later this week on our new hos...
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What's the Buzz in School Gardens (Part 1)?
Join us as for a fascinating interview of one of the worlds foremost authorities on bees and pollination - Andony Melanthopoulos with Oregon State University.. and how bees fit into the world of school gardens!This is part one of a two-...
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Does Local Food Make School Lunches Healthier? A Discussion With USDA FNS Administrator Cindy Long
It's not every day when the United States Department of Agriculture reach out to you to ask if their "person at the top" of the school lunch program can be a guest on your show! Join Michelle and Rick as they have a conversation with Administra...
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