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This Week in Farm to School
November 11, 2021
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Farm to school connects local agriculture, schools, and partners to benefit students, educators, farmers, families, and communities.
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Non-Profit Boot Camp: Grant Writing for Federal Funding
November 11, 2021 // 2 - 3 pm EST
Join Margaret Krome of Michael Fields Agricultural Institute and Una Van Duvall for a 3-session, hour-long workshop to help you develop skills for designing and writing successful federal grant proposals. This workshop will strengthen your skills, ability, and confidence around applying for federal USDA funding for agricultural endeavors. The lessons will inform, direct, and coach attendees by utilizing real-life funding examples, peer-to-peer learning, and tips and suggestions on how to design sound projects, find funding and write successful grant proposals.
Regional School Garden Support Models
November 17, 2021 // 2 pm EST
Join the School Garden Support Organization Network as they discuss activities that regional support organizations provide and share a framework to enhance your work supporting multiple school gardens.
Race Forward’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
November 18, 2021 // 5 pm EST
For 40 years, Race Forward has played a critical role in the movement for racial justice. But they haven’t done this alone. Throughout their journey, they've been able to build collective power, resources, and networks alongside grassroots organizers, cultural leaders, activists, and government partners.
Supporting Success at Native American, Historically Black, and Hispanic-Serving Education Institutions
November 18, 2021 // 3 - 4:30 pm EST
In this 90-minute webinar, hosted by Michigan State University, you’ll learn more about the goals and strategies of the Native American, Historically Black, and Hispanic-Serving Higher Education Institutions.
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Four NC School Districts Honored for Top Summer Nutrition Programs |
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Four North Carolina public school districts won state-level recognition this week from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) for providing high quality summer nutrition programs serving children. The districts received “Turnip the Beet Awards” for providing appealing and nutritious summer meals featuring locally grown ingredients, soliciting and incorporating student input into menus, and encouraging healthy eating.
The four districts were honored during the annual SummerPalooza! Summit hosted virtually last week by NCDPI. The awardees are:
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools – Gold State Level Turnip the Beet Award
Halifax County Schools – Gold State Level Turnip the Beet Award
Brunswick County Schools – Silver State Level Turnip the Beet Award
Union County Public Schools – Silver State Level Turnip the Beet Award
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Team Nutrition School Breakfast Quiz
Team Nutrition, an initiative of the United States Department of Agriculture, is proud to announce the release of their newest web-based quiz on school breakfast! Whether you’re a parent, student, teacher, School Nutrition professional, SNAP-Ed educator, or just interested in school breakfast, this fun and interactive quiz is for you!
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Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and its co-sponsors have launched the Environmental Justice (EJ) Video Challenge for Students to enhance communities’ capacity to address environmental inequities. In Phase 1, students will submit a video that demonstrates innovative approaches to identify and characterize an EJ issue(s) in a community using data and publicly available tools. Challenge participants will have a chance to win up to $20,000, as well as other additional benefits. Details on Phase 2 of the challenge will be shared at a later date. Phase 1 submissions are due April 22, 2022 by 11:59pm EST.
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Carolina Hunger Initiative Grant Opportunity
Tomorrow! Deadline: November 12, 2021
Carolina Hunger Initiative has a new grant opportunity for school district nutrition programs in North Carolina. This funding is available to help districts reach more kids with healthy meals or sustain their current program, fill gaps created by the pandemic, and improve the quality of foods being offered. Each applicant's budget should be between the minimum grant amount of $5,000 and the maximum grant amount of $25,000. Last year, the average awarded grant amount was $10,000.
EJ4Climate: Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience
Deadline: November 14, 2021
The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is launching a $2 million grant program, EJ4Climate, to support environmental justice and climate resilience for underserved, vulnerable communities, and Indigenous communities across North America. This program will provide funding directly to Indigenous communities and community-based organizations to prepare for climate-related impacts.
Veggie Van Training Center Request for Partners
Deadline: November 17, 2021
The Veggie Van Training Center has released a Request for Partners (RFP) to support organizations either currently running or in the process of planning a mobile produce market program. Any private, public, religious, or government entity can apply. Opportunities for intensive technical assistance on a wide range of mobile market programming as well as funding up to $25,000 per organization are available.
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The National Farm to School Network |
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Discovering Through Hydroponics: A Classroom Guide
Discovering Through Hydroponics includes basic how-to information for growing plants hydroponically in your classroom: lesson plans to help students learn the basics of plant needs, plant parts and their functions, and plant life cycles from seed to seed through hands-on investigations, constructions plans for simple hydroponic setups, and additional reference materials to support your endeavors. These lessons are designed to align with kindergarten through second grade Next Generations Science Standards; however, they can be adapted for both younger and older students and those with different abilities. The lessons are sequenced so that each topic builds upon the previous topics but the activities can also be used independently, in any order.
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School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study II
Deadline: November 15
The United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is seeking comments on its planned data collection on the cost, nutrition standards, and operations of school meals. The first study of this information (2014-2015) provided key insight into the implementation of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, and this new round of data will provide further info on the current successes and challenges of school meal programs. If you are involved with these activities, please note the opportunity to give "ground truth" feedback for USDA on who they will collect data from and how. Stakeholders have until November 15 to submit comments.
The USDA Invests $3.5 Million to Provide Food Purchasing Options to Tribal Communities
The United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) awarded $3.5 million to eight tribal nations for a project that, for the first time, will offer them greater flexibility in their administration of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). The FDPIR Self-Determination Demonstration Project empowers tribal nations by giving them more options in selecting foods for their FDPIR food packages, so that they better align with their dietary preferences. The project also allows tribal nations to purchase directly from commercial vendors instead of USDA.
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The Tribe That’s Moving Earth (and Water) to Solve the Climate Crisis
The Yurok tribe is reversing centuries of ecological damage to their land and making it more resilient to climate change by marrying two systems that might seem contradictory: indigenous land management practices and Western economics.
Additional Racial Equity Resources
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), one of our Farm to School Coalition of NC partners, has created a document of current webinars as well as resources to facilitate engagement and learning around Racial Equity, both in general and especially as it relates to food systems and education.
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