Uncategorized - 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 Uncategorized - Illinois Farm to School Network https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org 32 32 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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]]> Join us for Farm to School Day! https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2016/12/08/join-us-farm-school-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=join-us-farm-school-day Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:12:45 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1309 The Illinois Farm to School Network is hosting a full day of activities and trainings for schools and families across Northern Illinois. Save the date for March 3rd, 2017 – Farm to School Day! We are offering workshops for teachers and food service professionals, activities in the afternoon for families (bring the kids), and an […]

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]]> Rockford Crunches into Farm to School https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2016/10/17/rockford-crunches-farm-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rockford-crunches-farm-school Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:27:37 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1213 300,000 Illinois Students Celebrate Farm to School Month with a CRUNCH! By Lydia Mills, Illinois State Lead, National Farm to School Network Illinois apples made National School Lunch Week and Farm to School Month a success across the state on Thursday, October 13th, 2016, as over 300,000 students crunched into local apples all at the […]

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]]> Anticipating, Savoring & Preserving the Harvest- Hands-on training that makes sense! https://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/2016/09/21/anticipating-savoring-preserving-harvest-hands-training-makes-sense/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anticipating-savoring-preserving-harvest-hands-training-makes-sense Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:24:27 +0000 http://illinoisfarmtoschool.org/?p=1158 It’s springtime in the scenic Finger Lakes region of New York. Bees are flitting from flower to flower as young green folliage shoots up from the ground along the narrow lakes which make up this area. But not everyone is focussed on the wonders of springtime in this picturesque slice of Central New York. If the wind […]

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