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October is Farm to School Month

October is Farm to School Month…and we’re starting our celebration now! National Farm to School (F2S) month was designated by Congress in 2010. Its purpose is to highlight the value of farm …

Salad Bar Farms Starts Ventura School Farm

Build it and they will come. On an overcast Friday, I drive my car across the basketball courts at Balboa Middle School in Ventura. I can do this because school’s …

Pie Ranch Feeds Stomachs — And Minds

“I encourage people to keep asking about their food. Wherever they go, ask. Where is it from? Is it in season? Are the people growing it earning a living wage? …

Q&A: Jerusha Klemperer, FoodCorps

“FoodCorps is creating model school food environments and we would like to see policies that help scale the kind of changes we are making in FoodCorps’ 600 schools to all …

Q&A: Sarah Nolan, farmer and theologian

“I’ve learned that small-scale sustainable agriculture is only as sustainable as the community you build around it. Social capital is essential.” – Sarah Nolan   About Sarah Nolan: Nolan is …