Diane Chapeta - Illinois Farm to School Network https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-FtoSLogo-1-32x32.png Diane Chapeta - Illinois Farm to School Network https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org 32 32 A Year in Review https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2020/03/19/a-year-in-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-year-in-review https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2020/03/19/a-year-in-review/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:30:06 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=3418 We often ask ourselves what more could we be doing to move farm to school forward across our state? Each year our IFSN calendar is filled with training events, meetings, tabling at conferences and events and online communications sharing new ways to build a farm to school programs..

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]]> https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2020/03/19/a-year-in-review/feed/ 0 Crunch success in Illinois! https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2018/11/29/crunch-success-in-illinois/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crunch-success-in-illinois Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:33:03 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=2753 On Oct. 11, participants across the state all “crunched” together at noon for the 2018 Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch. The event was part of the multistate National Farm to School Month. The diverse mix of registered sites included schools, garden and after school programs, juvenile justice centers, residential programs and other organizations. Illinois topped […]

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]]> A change of season and an opportunity for change. https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2018/10/04/a-change-of-season-and-an-opportunity-for-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-change-of-season-and-an-opportunity-for-change Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:26:44 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=2351 When you choose to make a change, accepting the work is the first step.Change is not an easy proposition to make. It involves planning, a period of trial and error, and a period of adjustment and acceptance. Then, you rinse and repeat. When a manager or director of a child feeding program chooses to make […]

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]]> Playing With Your Food https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2017/08/28/playing-with-food/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-with-food Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:38:50 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1583 You can lead a student to the broccoli, but you can’t make him eat it. Or, can you? Summer is winding down and once again, schools across America are opening their doors, and their cafeterias. As school food service professionals begin the arduous process of re-opening kitchens, training staff and ordering food supplies, decisions are […]

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]]> Moving Farm to School Forward in Illinois. Will you tell us your story? https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2017/04/13/moving-farm-school-forward-illinois-will-tell-us-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moving-farm-school-forward-illinois-will-tell-us-story Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:16:31 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1557 Recently, I read an article featuring Vermont Farm to School stories shared during a statewide Farm to School Day at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. Farm to school practitioners, health advocates and schoolchildren lucky enough to have a farm to school program in their district told many moving stories to House Representatives. It got […]

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]]> In Search of Local Treasures: Putting our money where our values are. https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2017/02/21/search-local-treasures-putting-money-values/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=search-local-treasures-putting-money-values Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:29:14 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1481 Over the past several weeks, we have worked on our March Farm to School Day event making decisions, setting details and hiring vendors. Planning a complex event is stressful and at times, frustrating. Creating an event that best represents our values and our work can be even more so. It is easy to lose sight […]

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]]> It’s the Sweetest Gift of All. https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2017/02/14/its-the-sweetest-gift-of-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-the-sweetest-gift-of-all Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:42:58 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1471 It is Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! Chocolates, roses, and dinner reservations abound. Red and pink envelopes with hearts and kisses strewn across the seal crowd mailboxes and desktops. Unfortunately, it’s not the heart-shaped chocolates, or a card that will win me over. I don’t want flowers or jewelry, because honestly none of […]

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]]> Building a Recipe for Picky Eaters: One garden trowel, seeds and a little sunshine. https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2017/02/10/building-recipe-picky-eaters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-recipe-picky-eaters Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:06:43 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1380 Picture this: A roomful of fourth graders on a sunny autumn day in October scrambling for the best place in line as they get ready to head outside. No, it’s not recess! These students are heading out to the school garden to harvest the butternut squash they planted in May, just prior to leaving for […]

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]]> Northern Illinois Food Bank is the Difference Between Going Hungry, or Not https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2017/02/02/northern-illinois-food-bank-difference-going-hungry-not/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=northern-illinois-food-bank-difference-going-hungry-not Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:39:13 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1436 There’s an amazing organization tucked in a business park on the edge of Geneva, Illinois. It doesn’t make food additives or envelopes, or produce entertaining plays for their community like the neighboring businesses. Its work isn’t glamorous, and it doesn’t have customers world-wide. But, it does have something else: heart. Lots and lots of heart. It’s the Northern Illinois Food Bank, […]

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]]> It’s a School Lunch Revolution and You Can Have Front Row Seats! https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2017/01/12/school-lunch-revolution-can-front-row-seats/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=school-lunch-revolution-can-front-row-seats Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:00:55 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1362 Whether, or not, you have children who attend a K-12 school many of us are familiar with the issues surrounding school lunch. It’s not hard to form an opinion of a program which feeds more than 31 million U.S. children each school day. With nutrition and meal program requirements in flux at the federal level, school staff are struggling […]

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