Green Schools: Green Schools Resources _ shared by Sue Quincy at CT DEEP

If your school is working on school gardens, health and wellness programs in the cafeteria, or nutrition perhaps these resources will help you along the way.

Remember if you are looking for support to develop curriculum and school use of grounds, gardens, health and nutrition for the classrooms we can provide teacher ready materials. Contact me if you have any questions.

Saturday, March 4, 2018, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Teaching with A Garden

Project Food, Land and People Workshop

Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby

Free to Green LEAF schools

Day focused on understand natural resources and science of food. Using NGSS we will implement school gardens and schoolyards

For unit development in the classroom.

Email interest to participate susan.quincy@ct.gov

75.00 stipend for participating educators.

You may want to know the following:

Get Out and Grow School Garden Grant & Sweepstakes

The Get Out and Grow School Garden Sweepstakes is open to School Administrators and Foodservice Directors of K-12 schools. Schools can win up to $15,000 cash towards a school garden and a visit from a Team USA Athlete. Who Should Apply: State accredited K-12 school located in the 50 United States and D.C. Deadline is March 11, 2018. Learn more and apply here.

Farm to School 101 & Funding Opportunities webinar

February 28 // 5pm ET

USDA’s Office of Community Food Systems and the National Young Farmers Coalition invite you to attend “Farm to School 101 & Funding Opportunities.” This webinar will cover what USDA means by “farm to school”, the different ways to incorporate farm to school programs into your business plan, and how working with schools can impact and bring value to your operation. Funding, including grant opportunities, will be covered.Register here

The Business of Farm to School

March 15 // 5pm ET

This webinar will cover the procurement (purchasing) rules that schools follow, describe questions and talking points to discuss when selling to and building relationships with schools, identify which products schools are looking for, and highlight the different Child Nutrition Programs (CNP’s) that provide these opportunities- hint- it’s not just school lunch! This webinar is coordinated by USDA Office of Community Food Systems and the National Young Farmers Coalition, and is geared towards farmers and producers selling to schools as a new market. Register here.

Research & Resources

1. New Study: Students Need Help Navigating Food Environments

A new study in the Journal of School Health, by Dr. Marissa Burgermaster and the Tisch Food Center team, provides further evidence that nutrition education needs to happen hand-in-hand with efforts to improve the food environments students encounter on a daily basis. Read more here.

2. New Study: Making Nutrition Education Work in Schools

A study just out in the Journal of School Health, by Dr. Kathleen Porter and Tisch Food Center team members, sheds light on why and how New York City schools make external nutrition education programs part of their school’s every day culture. Findings from Dr. Porter and team give insight into the why-to and how-to of successfully adopting and sustaining nutrition education programs. Findings are based on analysis of interviews with school community members from 21 NYC schools that had one or more nutrition education programs. Read more here.

3. Food Systems Leadership Network - Community Food Systems Mentorship Program

The Wallace Center at Winrock International’s new Food Systems Leadership Network initiative includes a Community Food Systems Mentorship Program. This program seeks to provide emerging leaders with the opportunity to closely engage with more seasoned leaders as thought partners and coaches. The goal of this program is to create a space for experienced leaders to lend an ear to emerging leaders, and share their wisdom, knowledge, and expertise from years of practice in the good food movement. This Program will be offered twice annually, and will include 8 hours of one on one mentorship over a 3 month period for each mentee. The Spring application closes Feb. 15. Learn more here.

Susan Quincy

Environmental Education Specialist

Coordinator Project Food, Land & People and Project WET

State Parks Public Outreach

Natural Resource and Recreation

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby CT 06418P: 203-734-2513 susan.quincy@ct.gov