Favorite Fall Recipes from Dietetic Intern Maddie

…cooked lentils, and cheese. Drizzle tahini dressing over top. Recipe from https://www.cookinglight.com/recipes/autumn-glow-salad   Skillet Apple Chicken Thighs Delicious, simple, beautiful, and healthy, this meal is perfect for getting into the swing of the fall season and conveniently comes together in one pan. One pot meals help the flavors cook together wonderfully, and you can enjoy the fall weather while shopping for apples and onions from t…

Farm to School Impacts

…served in school cafeterias.” But the broader holistic definition also includes hands-on experiential education components, including school gardens, farm field trips, and local food cooking classes. The impact of these programs has become a popular research topic, with noted benefits ranging from increased fruit and vegetable consumption to quantifiable economic impact. Farm to School is place-based strategy to benefit children’s health and educ…

Meet Your Farmer: TK Family Farm

…processed for sale. JJ also shares his favorite things to do on the farm, plus tips for buying apples at the family’s self-serve farm stand! This Junior Farm Tour video could be used as the starting point to explore many topics with students, including apples, how much space plants need to grow, plant parts (focus on fruits and seeds), nutrition/tasting new vegetables, or farm life. Find suggested Growing Minds lesson plans and resources to pair w…

Meet Your Farmer: Ivy Creek Family Farm

https://youtu.be/nlAlrsCHhaw Meet Anna Littman, one of the farmers at Ivy Creek Family Farm, a diversified vegetable farm in Barnardsville, NC. Learn about why Anna chose to become a farmer, find out what she loves most about farming, and see what veggies are cultivated on her farm. Next, join junior farmers Leah and Abe Littman for a virtual tour of their family’s farm. See how tomatoes are grown in a greenhouse and in the field, find out when d…

Meet Your Farmer: Last Penny Farm Alpacas

…hool. See if you can spot the “poop pile” during Jacob’s tour of the farm. https://youtu.be/9lzHBSfRl-o Find lesson plans that compliment these videos, plus a vocabulary list, viewing comprehension questions, and a journal prompt, below. Lesson Plans & Resources: Farm Animals lesson plan (K-2) Seasons on a Farm lesson plan (K-2) Thanksgiving for Farmers lesson plan (K-2) Soil Exploration lesson plan (K-2) Farm Animals Day by Day resource list Comp…

Meet Your Farmer: Two Trees Farm

…orting a healthy, diverse ecosystem while also growing food. From picking blueberries and tasting garden-grown lettuce, to polliwogging for tadpoles and digging for worms, Lyra shares with other kids what it’s like to live on a small farm in the Appalachian Mountains. We all know that farmers grow food, but did you know that farmers can help protect the environment, too? In her Meet Your Farmer video, Lyra’s mom–farmer and teacher Sara Martin–shar…

Meet Your Farmer: Cooperativa Tierra Fértil 

https://youtu.be/4vapWmTA7CM?si=ASbiGg0aumq5ignr Cooperative Tierra Fértil es una cooperativa agrícola hispana, propiedad de trabajadores, en Hendersonville, Carolina del Norte. Conozca a María y Delia, miembros de la cooperativa, y escuche cómo este proyecto surgió de los sueños personales y colectivos de promover el acceso a los recursos y la capacidad de producir alimentos y estimular la justicia alimentaria y la equidad racial en el sistema a…

Meet Your Farmer: The Never Ending Flower Farm

…g visitors harvest flowers. They’ll show you “brain” flowers (Celosia) and luffa gourds, plus share some tips for picking flowers. https://youtu.be/BnELy10KtWg These videos could be used as the starting point to explore many topics with students, including insects and pollination, plant parts, plant life cycles, flowers, and farm life. Relevant Growing Minds lesson plans are included below. Lesson Plans & Resources:  Garden Color Hunt lesson plan…

A Farmer’s Life for Me

…One, two, three it’s a farmer’s life for me! Spend a day out in the fields and find out what farmers do! You’ll also find endnotes with fascinating facts about animals and crops. Go to www.barefootbooks.com/farmerslife to access your audio singalong of music by The Flannery Brothers and video animation online. This book is also available in a Spanish edition entitled ¡Vivamos la Granja!  …

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