Jeanette munches a carrot from School Garden
Students gather eggs & learn the benefits of a chicken tractor
Grant Street School students harvest tomatoes from their School Garden
Songlines to Host Concert Benefitting Jefferson County Farm to School
Saturday, Jan. 21st 7pm, Cotton Building, 607 Water Street, Port Townsend
Announcing a rousing, inspiring evening of song featuring PT Songlines choir, guest artists Maggie Clifford and Evan Millman, and you, the audience. Come join in a seriously fun time making big rich harmonic sounds and rhythms together as you sing along with the choir, and listen to some gorgeous and moving love songs to the Earth and to each other.
Special numbers include a beautiful jazz arrangement of the old Joe Cocker song, “You Are So Beautiful” and a version of Hawaiian legend Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s rendition of “Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World,” (both songs accompanied by a multi-image slide show).
Along with other excellent songs performed by the choir, the evening will feature easy to learn songs, chants, and rounds, giving all a chance to fill the room and each other’s hearts with beauty, hope, and a deepened sense of connection.
Suggested donation: $12.00 (more if you can, less if you can’t)
All proceeds from the concert will go to support the Jefferson County Farm to School Coalition!
Watch the new JCF2S School Garden Video!
School Gardens Grow Healthy Kids is a two minute video featuring JCF2S students working in their school garden at Grant Street Elementary. Check it out here.
Give the Gift of Garden Learning!
We all know most of us have enough “stuff”, so why not honor upcoming birthdays or anniversaries with the gift of a donation instead? Our printable cards, with images created by local school gardeners, will help you spread the Farm to School message and provide a fun way to share your gift. For more information, see our “Donate!” page.
“Your work with these students is one of the most important things I have seen in public schools in the past 30 years. I wish my parents were alive to see this happening. Thank you so much for your efforts.” – JCF2S donor
Port Townsend School District Passes Wellness Policy
After nearly a year of deliberation by the Wellness Committee, the School Board recently passed an new Wellness Policy which provides guidelines for nutrition & physical fitness. The policy opens with these statements:
The Board recognizes that optimal nutrition is essential for lifelong health and optimal
academic performance. The Port Townsend School Distinct is committed to providing an
environment that promotes healthful food choices in its lunch and breakfast programs and
also encourages healthy choices in the school vending operations, student stores, fundraising
sales, clubs, activities, organizations and any other foods available on campus both during
and outside of the academic day.
Farm to School training draws participants from all over the Olympic Peninsula
On a beautiful fall day, nearly 30 school nutrition staff, farmers and community members attended the WSDA (Washington State Dept. of Agriculture) Farm to School food service and farmer training held October 19thon the Olympic Peninsula. It was the most widely attended training event held in the state so far. Food service staff traveled from as far away as Olympia & Neah Bay to learn the benefits of Farm to Cafeteria programs.
Farm to School Mobile Tour gives taste of North Olympic Peninsula’s bounty
SEQUIM — How much lunch can $2.95 buy?
How about a bowl of chili made with organic beef, coleslaw with fresh cabbage and carrots, roasted potatoes topped with fresh broccoli and parmesan, corn and black bean salsa, and apple-berry cobbler for dessert?
That’s what Chef Dave Long of Port Angeles prepared for the 30 participants in Wednesday’s Farm to School Mobile Tour at Sequim Prairie Grange.
A daylong event for food service directors and farmers on the North Olympic Peninsula, it featured hands-on training in the kitchen, field trips to local growers and, of course, lunch featuring local ingredients.
