October 24, 2011 • Excerpt from Peninsula Daily News, Jennifer Jackson
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.
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Nov. 8, 2011 • Excerpt from Best Colleges Online
What’s not to like about farm-to-school programs? If you’re not familiar with the term, it means just what it sounds like: programs that bring farm-fresh, local foods to public and even private schools so that kids can enjoy great nutrition. The programs also offer excellent educational opportunities, bringing students to farms, and chefs to classrooms, while at the same time giving local farmers a great place to sell their products. Read on, and we’ll take a look at 10 farm-to-school programs that are doing a great job. Read more…
September/October, 2011 • Excerpt from Organic Connections (Natural Vitality)
Three years ago, the name Tony Geraci was known to only a few in the school food industry. Now school systems across the country are begging to see him; top food service companies are courting him; he’s on a first-name basis with food activist legends such as Michael Pollan; and there’s even been a major documentary film, Cafeteria Man, made about him.
But back in 2008 when he first arrived in the Baltimore City Schools to take the job of food service director, not many knew of his appointment. He had been a successful chef, food broker, food manufacturer and food service director before he was hired by Dr. Andrés Alonso, CEO of Baltimore City Schools, for the express purpose of transforming an extremely distressed food program into something nutritious and good for the students. Read more…
If you would like to work with kids or contribute your gardening, farming or administrative experience to our program, please email our volunteer coordinator or go to our “get involved” page to find out more about volunteer opportunities. We often need help in the garden and kitchen, as well as skilled help in carpentry, landscaping, arts & crafts, sewing, photography, videography, grant writing and other miscellaneous tasks.
