Growing the Relationship between Michigan Farms and Schools

Posted on December 29, 2009, 2:02 pm, by The Grand Vision.

A regional conference has been scheduled for March 15 called Farm to School: Setting the Table for Wellness. The conference will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, in Acme.

The Great Lakes Bulletin News Service has more:

[The conference] aims to nurture healthy eating, innovative learning, and more business with area farms. The conference targets Northwest Michigan schools, camps, parents, and others interested in children’s health, plus farmers seeking new business.

“We are encouraging schools and camps to send teams of Wellness Champions to the conference: Students, teachers, administrators, food service staff, school board members, parents, school nurses, farmers, and anyone else interested in healthy eating for kids,” said Laurie Bassett, school health coordinator at Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District.

TBA-ISD is the conference’s co-organizer, along with the nonprofit Michigan Land Use Institute, which publishes the Taste the Local Difference guide to area farms and helps connect schools to farmers for cafeteria, snack, or fundraiser products and educational opportunities.

To read the full story, including more in-depth detail on the goals of the conference, click here.

Photo: DSC_7377 (Tweddle Farm – Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore) by jsorbieus.