(editor's note: In a recent "Imagine" post of mine we looked at new ways of educating our children. Tucked in the halls of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there appears to be a group of people pondering those very same things! The USDA has announced their "Farm To School" program educating children on the origins of food, healthy eating and promoting local green jobs.
Rather than become disheartened by the negative news of mainstream media, I challenge you to look deeper -to find healing earth heroes in your own community. There are people all over this beautiful jewel we call Gaia working every day to correct the damage we have done. They are doing the physical clean up work, or putting the intellectual thought into solving these problems. Please join me in sending them all energies of love and support.
~All my Love, Boo)
Calling All Schools and Farmers: Farm to School Funds Available
The new investments will assist schools in procuring food from local producers in all 50 states. Furthermore, farm to school initiatives can also include agriculture and nutrition education efforts such as school gardens, field trips to local farms, and cooking classes.
The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service plans to award up to $3.5 million to innovative farm to school programs across the country.
