Fresh From the Farm Update

[Lydia Mills]

Good Morning FFF Educators,

Is this cooler weather making you think about pumpkins, apple picking, and harvest festivals? Fall is the time to get out in the garden!

In this update:
1. IAPO Conference
2. Sow and Grow
3. National Geographic Chicago Meetup for Educators
4. Food Day at Daley Plaza, Field Trip Opportunity

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1. IAPO Conference

Register today for the all-IAPO Conference on September 17-18, 2014 in Normal, IL. The Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity will hold its annual conference at the Bloomington-Normal Marriott, and it will feature various sessions and speakers on many pertinent topics.

    •    Celebrate coalition and community successes
    •    Provide input into strategic directions for the IAPO Roadmap priorities
    •    Connect & network with IAPO and HACN partners working on similar issues
    •    Acquire skills to support your work through interactive trainings

Registration for the conference is here: http://preventobesityil.org/register-for-the-september-all-iapo-conference/

2. Sow & Grow

In the spring, SGA released its new Sow and Grow curriculum, specifically meant to teach students in the garden. Sow and Grow features connections to the Next Generation Science Standards. The new school year is a great opportunity to get out in the garden and learn about botany, science and biodiversity.

Were you a part of a Sow and Grow training in the 2013-2014 school year? If so, please direct any questions about activities and working in the garden to Lydia Mills, Fresh From the Farm garden educator. Whether wishing to start a school or community garden or seeking to better utilize an existing garden space as part of a classroom, this curriculum provides a range of information and activities to help at every stage of garden education.

For more information on how to get Sow & Grow, please email ly...@sevengenerationsahead.org

3. National Geographic Geo-Educator Meetup

National Geographic recently launched its Geo-Educator community and is hosting its first in-person meet up here in Chicago.  It will be held at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on Wednesday, October 8th, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

If you are committed to teaching your students about the many connections that exist within our world and are looking for like-minded educators, check out the Community and come see us at the Meetup!  Click here to register.

4. Food Day at Daley Plaza

Every October 24, thousands of events all around the country bring Americans together to celebrate and enjoy real food to take action to solve food-related problems in our communities at the local, state, and national level.

This annual event involves some of the country’s most prominent food movement leaders, including chefs, farmers, doctors, teachers, and parents.  All of us are united by a vision of food that is healthy, affordable, and produced with care for the environment, farm animals, and the people who grow, harvest, and serve it.  We envision a just food system for all and want to celebrate it when it works and help fix it when it’s broken.

Chicago’s Food Day event at Daley Plaza is an annual extravaganza, and a great place to take your class on a field trip. Stay in the loop at http://chicago.foodday.org/.

[Laurie Casey]

Hi Lydia,

Great job on the update! I like how it's easy to read and is packed with usefl info. 

The only thing I might have added is that some schools might have been interested in the Food Scrap Composting Forums SGA is holding. It might be a good thing to include SGA-related events where appropriate. Not sure how often you send these updates out, but if you decide to do an October edition, you might include the last two forums:

http://illinoiscomposts.org/forums

Again, great job!

Laurie

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