Sentences with phrase «farm field trips»
To learn about farming first - hand, students went on farm field trips to Hillside Orchard Farms, Jaemor Farm, Chattooga Bellle Farm, and Melon Head Farm.
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«They're a way of taking our kids on a virtual farm field trip.»
«When I initially came into the district, my experience was connecting kids to where their food comes from, and coordinating farm field trips,» says farm to school coordinator Kathryn Spencer.
Two elementary schools visited Cloudview Farm for farm field trips.
• Teachers use farm field trips, farm - based video lessons, planting in school gardens, and cooking activities to provide integrated agricultural education within the established curriculum throughout the school year.
Thirty schools went on farm field trips to Southern Belle Farm where students learned about milking cows and planting fruits and vegetables.
«It's a way of taking our kids on a virtual farm field trip.»
«When I initially came into the district, my experience was in connecting kids to where their food comes from, and coordinating farm field trips,» says Spencer.
Fourth grade students participated in a district - wide lunch contest in which class with the highest lunch participation for a week won a farm field trip.
Over 1,000 promotions occurred to encourage students to choose local foods in the school cafeteria and participate in school garden activities and farm field trips.
Jackson helps coordinate school gardens, farm field trips and cooking classes for students across Southern Appalachia.
In 2006, state lawmakers passed legislation establishing a Farm to School grant program, which helps fund school gardens, teacher professional development, farm field trips, local food taste tests and the integration of nutrition into the curriculum.
More than 1,000 promotions held by CCSD to encourage students to choose local foods in the school cafeteria and participate in school garden activities and farm field trips; and,