…held October 16-18 in Santa Cruz County and provided participants with free resources and valuable avenues for teaching Common Core, STEM, and school garden/nutrition lessons. The program, designed for educators,…
School Lunches: “California Thursdays” Project Launch Follows Success of National School Lunch Week
…collaboration by the Center for Ecoliteracy (CEL), partner school districts and allied organizations; and will make each Thursday a focal point for featured California-grown menu items at our schools. It’s…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review October 17
…In Review, designating the San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument, celebrating National School Lunch week and recognizing National Disability Month. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fs.fed.us/ www.flickr.com/usdagov www.fns.usda.gov/…
Almond Board Announces Bee Management Practices
…rely on honey bees and that use pesticides and fungicides.[2] Among the specific recommendations: 1) There should be agreement between beekeeper and grower on a pesticide plan that outlines which…
World Food Day a Reminder of Everyday Challenges With Food Access
…with school districts to develop and solidify connections with local farmers, and then helping teachers provide nutrition education to their students. I was very pleased to see these efforts play…
AgNeTVideo: Tulare FFA Farm Tours
Mike Mederos, Agriculture Department, Tulare High School, and students from Tulare high schools tell us what the Tulare FFA Farm Tours are all about and how they teach younger students…
Farm-to-School – Northern California elementary school students to visit White House Garden
…Pittsburg’s students are attending the event in recognition of the Farm to School programs the district has implemented. The district now has eight school gardens, incorporates local produce in school…
Agri View: Choice Careers
Everett Griner talks about agriculture school enrollment is still growing in today’s Agri View. Choice Careers…
49ers and CA Dairy Families Award $10k Fuel Up to Play 60 Grant in Santa Clara
…awarding Santa Clara Unified School District with a Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP 60) “Hometown Grant” of $10,000 to support healthy nutrition and physical activity programs in schools throughout…
EPA Announces $183 Million to Improve Water Quality, Infrastructure in California
…supply. It will also extend water service to the school to meet all safe drinking water standards, via a 14-inch water main, freeing the school from relying on their existing…
Weekly Column: Farm to School Programs Create New Opportunities for Farmers
…local economies. In school year 2011-2012, schools purchased $386 million in local food from farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and food processors and manufacturers. And an impressive 56 percent of school districts…
Soil Health Takes Main Stage at California State Board of Food and Agriculture Meeting on Oct. 7th
…Creque, Marin Carbon Project; Sheldon Jones, Farm Foundation; Kristin Ohlson, author – The Soil Will Save Us (via Skype); and Brian Leahy, California Department of Pesticide Regulation. The California State…
Raising the Bar; How Protecting You From Pesticides Has Changed
…and others in the county who may handle pesticides. Overseen by the state agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), the role of the CAC is unique. Part of their role…
Fuel Up with California Dairy
For the 2014-2015 school year, the California Milk Advisory Board has activated Fuel Up to Play 60 which is a national in-school physical activity and nutrition program founded by the…