Trainings and Events
Upcoming Training & Events
Central Montana Farm to School Workshop in Winnett, MT Saturday, April 27th
Are you curious about increasing access to nutritious, Montana-grown foods? Join Snowy Mountain Development, National Center for Appropriate Technology, Winnett ACES, MT Farm to School, and partners for the Central Montana Farm to School Workshop.This workshop will feature training on how to use Harvest of the Month to promote Montana grown and raised foods in your community, interactive agricultural education activities, local procurement, and what resources are available to you. Attendees will get to hear from the ranchers and school staff members who developed Winnett’s successful beef to school program. Six Continuing Education Units and six Early Childhood Project credits will be offered for educators.
Find more information and register:
https://mtharvestofthemonth.org/cmtfarmtoschoolworkshop/
Past Training & Webinars
USDA hosts farm to school webinar series on a regular basis. Check out the current webinar series or recorded versions online.
Calling all Montana producers interested in selling to schools! Watch the recorded training sessions linked below for a comprehensive overview of how to build relationships and sell food to local schools. Follow along in the Bringing the Farm to School: Agricultural Producers' Workbook.
- ProducerTraining22 T1 Session1 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T1 S2 Recording
- Montana Farm to School Producer Training #2 Session 1 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T1 Session 2 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T2 Session 3 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T2 Session 4 Part A Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T2B Session 4 PartB Recording
- Welcome Plenary
- Don't Eat That Mushroom: Food Safety in the School Garden - Nina Heinzinger + Whitney
Pratt
- Recording
- Slides
- Handout: Food Safety in School Gardens
- Local Food for Local Kids: Solutions for Successful Local Food Procurement
- HOM and ECE in Action
- School Kitchen Tours
- Boulder Elementary School Tour
- School Garden Planning and Planting Basics
- Youth Food Talks
- Deep Dig Into No Dig Growing
- Engaging Families in Farm to School: Highlighting a Family Cooking Program - Brianna Routh + Zoey Mahoney
- Buying Local with an Economic Lens
- Building Strong School Garden Committees - Lori Blumenthal + Erin Austin
- Greenhouse to Cafeteria
- Enhancing Farm to Early Care Programming: Montana HOM Best Practices
- Creating an Afterschool Cooking Class Program
- Local Beef to School
- Harvesting Montana Recipes with DoD Fresh
- It Takes a Village: Strategies to Support Your Food Service Partners
- Keynote: Food as Resilience - Mariah Gladstone
- Closing Plenary - Christy Clark + Elsie Arntzen
- Recorded Showcase
- Video Clip: Ogren Ranch
- Video Clip: Miller Ranch
- Video Clip: Native Fish Keepers, Inc.
- Video Clip: Project Meats
- Video Clip: Huntley Project Schools
- Video Transcript
- Slides
- Recorded Showcase
- Video Transcript
- Slides
- Garden City Harvest: Creating an Effective School Garden Committee - Video Clip
- Polson School District: School Gardens Video Clip
- Columbia Falls School District: Seed Kits Video Clip: Seed Kits
- Resource: Action Plan Template
- Resource: Creating an Outdoor Learning Center, Garden City Harvest
- Resource: High School Plant Project
- Resource: Georgia Organics COVID-19 Handouts
- Resource: CDC Considerations for Outdoor Learning and Community Gardens during COVID-19
- Recorded Call
- Video Transcript
- Recorded Webinar
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- Recorded Webinar
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- Recorded Webinar
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- Recorded Webinar
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- Recorded Webinar
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- Recorded Webinar
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- Recorded Webinar
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- Watch the video
- Read the transcript
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Watch the video
Download the participant packet
Download presentations and slides
Watch the recorded webinar
Chef Donna's Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Creating and Using a School Garden as an Outdoor Classroom
- Garden City Harvest - School Garden Guidebook
- Creating an Ideal School Garden Committee Handout
- PowerPoint Presentation
Funding Farm to School: Grants & Other Creative Funding Sources
Get Kids Hooked on Cooking in the Classroom
Getting Started with Farm to Early Care and Education
MT Beef to School Stories
Six #SocialMedia Strategies You Can Use to Promote Your Program NOW
