Presenter Anna Cynar, Innovation Academy Charter School, Classroom Educator Learn from Anna Cynar, Educator and Co-Coordinator of Innovation Academy’s Sustainable Food Systems course, an interdisciplinary, full-year lab science class for 11th and 12th graders. You’ll learn about how the class is structured, explore class projects, and take a virtual tour of the cooking labs and […]

Presenters: Brittany Peats, MA Food System Collaborative Jessica Lander, Lowell Public Schools Maria Berrios, Auburn High School Hear from high school teachers about how they have creatively and thoughtfully included discussions about diverse culinary traditions and sustainability in the food system in their classes. Brittany Peats, Program Manager of MA Food System Collaborative, moderated this […]

Presenters Karly Dunn, Home Grown Springfield, Student Engagement Specialist Julia Thomas, FoodCorps Service Member Drawing on their collective experience working at Home Grown Springfield and FoodCorps, Karly and Julia shared how they have incorporated student feedback into their school meals and why it is important to do so. Attendees were given tools to identify their students’ […]

Presenters Jared Auerbach, Founder & CEO, Red’s Best Joseph Jurek, Commercial Fisherman Join Red’s Best’s Founder & CEO Jared Auerbachand special guest, fisherman Joseph Jurek, for a transparent conversation about the inner workings of New England’s lively, historic fishing industry. The focus of this session was innovative seafood products developed specifically for schools, including those where […]

Presenter Ollie Perrault, Student Hear youth climate activist Ollie Perrault in this workshop that explored environmental justice and how climate impacts play out in communities’ access to healthy food. This workshop also examined youth empowerment and the importance of youth voices in this evolving conversation, climate change solutions both big and small from composting and […]

Presenters Vanessa Garcia Polanco, Policy Campaigns Co-Director, National Young Farmers Coalition Greta Shwachman, Food Service Director, Greenfield Public Schools Norris Guscott, Equity Policy Network Manager at The MA Food System Collaborative and Public Health Coordinator, City of Lynn Are you interested in a career in the local food system? The career possibilities in this field are […]

Presenters Caroline Cooper, Student, Northampton High School Amelia Ritt, Student, Northampton High School Lily Shimpach, Student, Northampton High School During this workshop the Northampton environmental club co-leaders explained how to introduce composting into school cafeterias. They outlined the necessary steps to get administrative approval, explain the nitty-gritty logistics of waste collection and removal (trucks, custodial […]

Presenters Gabby Alvarez, North Shore Root Crew, The Food Project Mekkailah Chourb, North Shore Root Crew, The Food Project Jonathan Forbes, Greater Boston Root Crew, The Food Project In this workshop, youth from The Food Project’s Root Crew will provide an introductory primer workshop to help demystify how school food works and understand how to […]

Presenters Emilia Perez, Innovation Academy, Student Haleigh Cummings, Innovation Academy, Student Alani Vasconcelos, Innovation Academy, Student Caroline Bishop, Innovation Academy, Student Anna Cynar, Innovation Academy, Classroom Educator Learn about Innovation Academy Charter School’s Farm to School Internship program from student ambassadors who shared their challenges & accomplishments. See a demonstration on growing microgreens indoors, discussion […]

Presenter Sophie Scott, Gulf of Maine Research Institute We hear it over and over again: kids don’t like seafood, fish is hard to prepare, local fish is hard to procure. This session, led by Sophie Scott of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, will discuss common local seafood myths and show participants that local seafood is […]

This webinar has taken place. You may watch a recording of the webinar and download the notes below. Outdoor spaces can accommodate physical distancing while providing a variety of benefits to students’ social, emotional, and physical health. Whether using school garden areas or converting existing outdoor spaces within school grounds (i.e. green space, parking lots, […]

Mass. Farm to School Network’s Education Working Group Spring 2020 School Garden 101 Webinar Series Part I – It Starts with a Seed – Selecting & Accessing Seeds for School Gardens This webinar is all about seeds! If you’re planting a school garden, your goals can really inform your seed choices. What kind of garden […]