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🎬 Local Food, Starring Students!

Warning: this video contains a growling bear, very serious egg safety advice, and a whole lot of fourth-grade enthusiasm.

Whether you're prepping for summer programs, bookmarking inspiration for next school year, or just need a heartfelt laugh, check out this sweet student video from Underhill Central School in Vermont. Kindergarten teacher Amy Poor shares her tips for creating your own tool (video or otherwise) for connecting students to local food.

🎉 Congrats to the 2026-27

Farm to School Institute Teams!

Later this month, we're kicking off our year-long Northeast Farm to School Institute at Shelburne Farms. The Institute supports school, early childhood, and district teams in building the relationships, skills, and connections needed to implement robust farm to school programs back home.

Five states—Hawaii, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia—will experience the program firsthand, as they adapt our model for their communities.

🎉 Congratulations to the 2026–27 Northeast Farm to School Institute cohort:

Concord Children's Center, Concord, MA

Danbury Public Schools, Danbury, CT

Greater Rutland County Supervisory Union, Rutland, VT

Hartford School District: Hartford, VT

Innovation Charter School, Tyngsboro, MA

Lincoln Community School,Lincoln, VT

Marion Cross Elementary School, Norwich, VT

Mary Hogan School:, Middlebury, VT

Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES: Yorktown Heights, NY

Thames Valley Council for Community Action Head Start & Little Learners, Norwich, CT

United Children's Services of Bennington County, Bennington, VT

🍎 School Nutrition Association of Vermont Annual Conference

Monday, August 17 | Shelburne Farms

Child nutrition professionals and industry partners, join in for a day of networking, learning and inspiration! Hear from Danielle Bock, Director of an innovative Colorado school nutrition program, and engage in breakout sessions, learning journeys across Shelburne Farms, a vendor show, and more.

The conference is followed by the two-day Vermont Agency of Education Child Nutrition Summit. Details to come.

🌻 Summer Programs for Connecting to the Land

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