{"id":4641,"date":"2015-11-09T21:45:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=4641"},"modified":"2016-04-06T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T12:04:09","slug":"farm-focus-farm-to-school-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/farm-focus-farm-to-school-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Focus: Farm to School Month"},"content":{"rendered":"Did you know that October was Farm to School Month? This very special occasion marks a time for students across the country to learn more about\u00a0their food through hands-on learning. Schools and community organizations\u00a0in all 50 states are getting into the act - organizing events like taste tests in the\u00a0cafeteria; nutrition education activities in the classroom; farm visits; and school\u00a0garden harvest parties. We were excited to join in as well. Last week, Chef Anna\u00a0visited our friends at Nixon Elementary for a cooking class. Lucky for you, you\u00a0can read all about it in her note in this week\u2019s newsletter.\n\nAt Frog Hollow, we have a real soft spot for educators and a passion for\u00a0teaching the next generation about organic agriculture. This spawns from Farmer\u00a0Al\u2019s experience as a social studies teacher. In fact, it was partly his discussions\u00a0with students about global issues that inspired him to pursue farming, almost\u00a0over 40 years ago. As such, we\u2019re always excited to find ways to utilize the farm\u00a0and our fruit as an educational opportunity. One way we do that is through our\u00a0CSA\u2019s school partnerships. We partner with nine schools across the bay area that\u00a0each act as a community pick up location. As part of the exchange, we make\u00a0ourselves available as a resource, and we\u2019re happy to report that many schools are\u00a0taking advantage! We\u2019ve had students out for field trips to the farm, and Farmer\u00a0Al and Chef Anna have both gone out to visit some of our partner schools for\u00a0hands on farming and cooking lessons.\n\nIn addition to offering these opportunities for learning, we donate our\u00a0fruit or CSA proceeds to each school. Many schools opt in for what we call the\u00a05% Back Program, through which we donate 5% of the proceeds from CSA box\u00a0deliveries to the participating school. As of June 2015, we\u2019d given over $3,500 to\u00a0our school partners!\n\nWe\u2019re so glad to see a movement to teach kids about healthy, sustainable foods emerging through programs like Farm to School Month as well as\u00a0grassroots food programs like ours. As we seek to build a food system that offers\u00a0everyone nourishing, sustainable food, educating our kids and getting them off\u00a0to the right start is critical. If you\u2019re interested in helping out, please contact us\u00a0to find out how your school might get involved!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that October was Farm to School Month? This very special occasion marks a time for students across the country to learn more about\u00a0their food through hands-on learning. 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