Maine Farm to School Network
4th Annual Conference

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October 16, 2015
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Maine Farm to School Network Contacts

 

State Coordinator:

Renee Page

rpage@mcd.org 207.588.5020
  

Aroostook District: John Chartier 
Aroostook County Healthy Aroostook

jchartier@mofga.org  207.521.1200


Central District: Kelly LaCasse
Kennebec & Somerset Counties Maine Academy of Natural Science at Good Will-Hinckley
klacasse@gwh.org  207.238.4030 

Cumberland District: Ron Adams
Cumberland County
Independent Consultant
chefradams@gmail.com  207.749.2929 

 

DownEast District: Katie Freedman
Hancock & Washington Counties
Healthy Acadia

katie@healthyacadia.org

207.288.5331

MidCoast District: Heather Burt  Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc & Waldo Counties
207.380.6320 

Penquis District: Bonnie Young  Penobscot & Piscataquis Counties
207.745.4797

Western District: Laura Quynn 
Androscoggin, Franklin, & Oxford Counties  Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County
207.779.2828

York District: Kristine Jenkins 
York County  Partners for a Hunger-Free York County

207.409.9193 

 

State Co-Lead to National Farm to School Network Northeast Regional Steering Committee: Ellie Libby University of Maine Cooperative Extension ellen.libby@maine.edu 

207.832.0343

 

State Co-Lead to National Farm to School Network Northeast Regional Steering Committee: Renee Page Healthy Communities of the Capital Area rpage@mcd.org 207.588.5020

 

USDA Farm to School Northeast Regional Lead: Danielle Fleury danielle.fleury@fns.usda.gov 617.565.1604
Links to Useful Resources
National Farm to School Network
 NFSN enables every child to have access to nutritious food while simultaneously benefiting communities and local farmers.
FMI & Resources:  farmtoschool.org

USDA Farm to School
 Resources to support local farm to school programs.

Maine Ag in the Classroom
 MAITC provides information about agricultural concepts to teachers, students, and interested citizens.
FMI & Resources:  www.agclassroom.org/me

Maine School Garden Network
MSGN promotes and supports educational gardens for youth and encourages school programs that teach healthy eating and environmental stewardship.
FMI & Resources: www.msgn.org

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Spring 2015


Last call for registrations for the 4th Annual Maine Farm to School Conference on October 16, 2015. This year's conference will be at Kennebec Valley Community College Alfond Campus and Good Will-Hinckley Maine Academy of Natural Sciences.

Learn from and network with school nutritionists, classroom teachers, farmers and producers, policy makers, and leaders from across Maine who are successfully implementing Farm to School strategies.

Here are some of the things we have planned:
  • Interactive hands-on workshops related to school gardens, agriculture education in the classroom, and school nutrition
  • Knife Skills Training
  • Hands-On Seafood Prep
  • Speaker Panels featuring Policy, USDA Farm to School Grantees, and Food Safety on the Farm
  • Sponsor Displays
  • Great, fresh, locally sourced food!
  • KVCC Sustainable Ag Program Campus Tours
  • Somerset Grist Mill Tours
  • Much, much, more

If you are interested in being a conference sponsor, would like to share resources at a display table, or have a great idea for a workshop, please let us know.


 

Conference has been approved by DOE Child Nutrition for 4.5 Professional Development hours.

 

Registration fee ONLY $20 Click HERE to register online now!

 

Renee Page,
Maine Farm to School Network Coordinator

Contact Information:
Renee Page rpage@mcd.org
Carpool to the Conference

Are you looking for a ride or willing to provide one for others attending the conference? Be kind to the Earth and create some extra time for networking by carpooling to the conference. 

Go to groupcarpool to find a ride or list yourself as a ride option.
 
Maine Farm to School Network

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ME Public Health Districts
Farm to School programs work to build and tend school gardens, deliver agriculturally-based nutrition education, and develop local food procurement systems to increase agricultural awareness, improve health, and support the local economy.

The MFSN aims to build communication and coordination infrastructure closer to schools and communities which are the foundation of this very special local foods movement.

The MFSN is organized with a State Coordinator and District Representatives in each of the 8 Public Health Districts in Maine. The first annual MFSN Conference, held on May 12, 2012 at Mt. View High School in Thorndike, brought together Farm to School champions from across the state for workshops and networking opportunities. Since then, annual conferences have been held in Portland and Ellsworth. This year, the conference is coming to Central Maine. 

Contact your MFSN Representative (see left) to learn more.
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