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Sign-Up for Oct F2S Month
Free carrot seeds and garden calendars
to first 400 people who register to participate!
Rooting for Carrots is a state-wide effort to get kids across Georgia
eating, growing and participating in carrot-themed activities during October
Farm to School Month. Teachers, school staff, parents, and community volunteers
are all encouraged and eligbile to participate.
How do I participate in Rooting for Carrots at my school?
1) Sign-up
here! You will receive
electronic resources (like
this fun, quick video on how-to harvest carrots)
to help you plan and implement your Rooting for Carrots activities. The
first 400 people to sign-up will get a free packet of carrot seeds and
a Georgia Planting and Harvest Calendar for school gardens.
2) Plan your school’s Rooting for Carrots activities by using the
electronic resources that we send you.
3) Implement your activity! Don’t forget to take pictures and post
them to social media with #RootingForCarrots. A special prize
will be awarded to the person who posts the most #RootingForCarrots
photos.
Go
here for more information about
Rooting for Carrots and October Farm to School Month. |
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Edible Schoolyard Training
Videos
The
Edible Schoolyard recently debuted
a new series of professional development videos with great tips for creating
effective and inspiring learning environments – indoors and out. Watch
the first three videos and stay
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Healthy Kids are Common
Sense, Not a Trend
Investing in the health of our children
is common sense, and "when you put money into school nutrition programs,
you know it's going straight into kids’ mouths." That’s according
to Donna Martin, School Nutrition Director for Burke County Public Schools
in Georgia, and it rings true across the country. Go
here to read this complete blog
post by Executive Director of the National
Farm to School Network, Anupama
Joshi |
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Impact of School Gardens:
Current Academic Research
Do you need to convince the administration
why your school should have a garden? Are you seeking out data-driven studies
to earn the support of the school district? School gardens and cooking
classes are positively impacting fruit and vegetable consumption, academic
success, childhood obesity, emotional health/wellbeing, and food justice,
and Slow Food USA has the research studies and summaries to prove it! Check
out Slow
Food's resources here and other
research studies compiled on our website here.
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Who's On Board with Healthier
School Lunches?
Nearly five billion school lunches are served
every year in the U.S.—meals that have been transformed to include more
whole grains, vegetables and fresh fruit, and less full-fat milk and sugar-sweetened
beverages. How do parents and kids feel about healthier school lunches?
What about voters? Click on the image to the left to see findings from
the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation. |
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Sustainer Membership=$25
to Whole Foods
Starting July 19, the first 200 new Georgia
Organics Sustainers who sign up will receive a $25 gift card to Whole Foods
Market! Sustainers are a group of loyal members whose automatic monthly
gifts help grow a more sustainable, just, and healthy Georgia. Plus, we’ll
send you an exclusive monthly newsletter with stories from the field. Sign-up
here before the gift cards run
out! |
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Did you know that you
can support Georgia Organics in your company’s employee giving campaign?
You can designate to Georgia Organics through
EarthShare of Georgia, and have a small donation taken out of your paycheck,
which adds up to a significant contribution at the end of the year!
EarthShare
of Georgia supports more
than 60 environmental member organizations dedicated to conserving and
protecting our air, land, and water. |
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