…ducational farm visits can happen any weekend and during school breaks; these resources are for you, too! What you can do Apply for farm field trip funds Find a list of farms that welcome visitors on ASAP’s Online Local Food Guide Read or download The Hayride: A Resource for Educational Farm Field Trips for tips and suggestions for your trip Request a class pack of (or print your own) Farm Tour Bingo Cards to take on your farm field trip. Bingo ca…
…ASAP’s Local Food Guide for Kids is a guide to area school gardens, family-friendly farms, and other Farm to School happenings in Asheville City schools and schools in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Jackson counties. Find the second edition in schools and online now!…
…f you don’t want them to take over other plants, plant mint in a pots or a separate bed. Monarda (bee balm) attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and bees, providing lots opportunity for exciting observation. Flower colors include red, pink, white, and purple. It’s a mint, so make sure it doesn’t take over the garden. It will grow in part shade, but flowers best in full sun. Oregano is a compact herb plant with attractive pink and purple flowers. The…
…t the properties of soil and why soil is important to plants. They will closely observe soil and practice tallying and reporting results of soil experiments. Soil Jeopardy: Students use books and handouts to create game show questions about soils and then form teams and play the game. Activities for Thursday, 5/21: Worm Wiggle Energizer! The squirmy movements of worms are fun for children to imitate. Invite your child to get down on the floor and…
…nclude Spinning Spider Creamery, Three Graces Dairy, and Good Fibrations. Use ASAP’s online Local Food Guide to search for these and more farms in the Appalachian Grown region that raise goats (many of which accept visitors). Use the resources below to learn more about these animals. Books for Monday, 9/28 Beatrice’s Goat More than anything, Beatrice longs to be a schoolgirl. But in her small Ugandan village, only children who can afford uniforms…
…oup transportation or farm visit admission Support planning team visits to partner farms that will be part of the school’s Farm to School Month/Food Day celebration Purchase curriculum supplies that will be utilized in the months leading up to October 2013, to connect the curriculum with the activities of Farm to School Month/Food Day. Applications must be submitted online by 5 p.m. EDT on March 15, 2013 to be considered. This mini-grant program w…
…A great singalong, complete with a CD or access audio singalong and video animation online at barefootbooks.com/drivetractor. Learn about farming through the seasons. Sung by SteveSongs….
…d care centers, and educational institutions located in ASAP’s 60-county Appalachian Grown region can create a free institutional listing in ASAP’s online Local Food Guide. Being listed in ASAP’s Local Food Guide will help you connect with local family farms who need buyers for their products, while also recognizing the important work your school is doing to support local food systems and connect children to local food and farms. Ready to get in t…
…she find her prize? Farmers’ Market Day captures a colorful feast for the senses! Find a farmers market near you Find out what to expect around Buncombe County markets this week and a get few ideas about what to do with those cherries in ASAP’s Fresh at Farmers Markets report on fromhere.org. Not in Buncombe County? Find a list of farmers markets throughout the region here. Note that many farmers markets in our region accept SNAP/EBT benefits, w…
…en’s book ideas? Visit the Growing Minds’s farm to school literature database to browse our curated collection of recommended books on farms, gardens, and cooking. Type “bees” into the search bar to find books that celebrate this week’s theme. In celebration of National Poetry Month, throughout April we’ll also share a poem of the day every Monday. Today we’re sharing the poem From Bee to Me from the book Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmer…