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Thursday - November 1, 2012
Monthly Mini Grants for Funding or Equipment available from Oregon Dairy Council
Wednesday - September 12, 2012
KATU Healthier School Lunches Segment
Thursday - August 2, 2012
Healthy Breakfast for Kids Grant opportunity for School Nutrition Programs
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Welcome to the online home of Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Program. Use this site to learn more about starting and sustaining farm to school and school garden programs in Oregon.
Why Farm to School and School Garden programs? These programs connect schools with local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing health and nutrition education opportunities that will last a lifetime, and supporting local small farmers (from farmtoschool.org). How do school gardens fit in? School gardens are outdoor classrooms where children explore nature and grow their own food. Gardens provide an opportunity to integrate lessons in science, math, reading, environmental studies, nutrition, and health. Children who grow fruits and vegetables are more likely to eat those fruits and vegetables.
Enter Farm to School and School Garden pages below. (
*NEW*
A lot has been updated this Winter!)
Farm to School
School Gardens
*NEW*
House Bill 2800 Grant Recipients Press Release
National Farm to School Month
Click here for materials and to see what Oregon did in October! It's never to early to plan for next year...
KATU Edible Portland
Click here to see AM NorthWest segments having to do with local food in our schools
Farm to School and School Garden Survey Results
 
*NEW*
/Updated Dec. 2012**
FREE POSTERS! And FREE Newsletters, Menu Pages!
NEW Harvest for Schools Materials
*NEW*
Oregon Farm-To-School Map
is now complete!
Click on "School Garden" box above
*NEW*
List of all school gardens in the State with contact information
is now complete,
but a work in progress.
If you need to change information on it, please email Rick at the contact info below. SEE SCHOOL GARDEN BOX above
Join Us!
Join our listserv, farmschoolgarden
-- receive e-mail alerts from the Oregon program, post questions and respond to questions You can subscribe to the list at:
http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/farmschoolgarden
Listserv "back issues:"
December 2012;
January 2013
Contacts
Rick Sherman
(503) 947-5863
Child Nutrition Program - Nutrition Specialist
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