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Letting Go of the Recipe: Hands-On Cooking with Kids

Try the "recipes" we cooked up during Cultivating Joy & Wonder, our annual professional learning workshop for early childhood educators.

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For Educators
Early Childhood
Education Impact
Farm to School

Sharing a Love of Food to Foster Community

Laura Butler's commitment to building community among her families and children is a central theme of her farm to early childhood program.

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Farm to School
Recipes

Confetti Corn Salad

An easily adaptable summer salad to feature what's coming out of your home garden and looking especially delicious at the farmers’ market.

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Education Impact
Farm to School

Vermont’s Farm to School Program is Adapted Across the Country

We're expanding our farm to school professional learning program nationwide, hosting teams from Kansas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Rhode Island.

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Activities For Students
Early Childhood
Farm to School

The Joy & Lessons of Butter Making

June is National Dairy Month, and we’re sharing a new how-to video showing one of our favorite activities: making butter!

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Farm-Based Education
Farm to School

Connecting Students to Vermont's Dairy Farms

June is National Dairy Month, and we're highlighting a longtime program connecting farmer and students: Dairy in the Classroom.

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Farm to School
Justice

Farm Fresh School Meals for All: Spotlighting Vermont’s Farm to School Efforts

The National Farm to School Network highlights Vermont's efforts to implement a values-aligned Universal School Meals program.

Senator Patrick Leahy and Marcelle Pomerleau Leahy talk with Crossett Brook Middle School students during the Farm to School Project Share. Here they speak with students from the sustainability club and meet Molly the hen, part of the school's flock of chickens.
Education Impact
Farm to School

Our Thanks to Senator Leahy for his Decades-Long Support for Farm to School

Vermont's farm to school and early childhood community thanks the Senator for his support of our shared vision to connect classrooms, cafeterias, and communities.

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For Educators
Farm to School
Justice

What is Farm to School? Green Teacher Podcast Digs In

All over the country, schools are transforming food systems education. Our professional learning team is featured on the podcast Talking with Green Teachers to discuss farm to school's impact.

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1611 Harbor Road Shelburne, Vermont 05482 

Telephone: 802-985-8686

An education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future through its programs, place, and products. Home to the Institute for Sustainable Schools, our historic campus is a 1,400-acre diversified farm located on the homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.

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