Maple Apple Gumbo: Farm to School Collaboration in VT

Maple Apple Gumbo: Farm to School Collaboration in Vermont Erica Curry, Shelburne Farms/VT FEED Abbie Nelson, NOFA-VT/VT FEED Danielle Pipher, Shelburne Farms/VT FEED Andrew Powers, PEER Associates, Inc. Community Food Security Coalition Conference New Orleans, LA – October 2010

Vermont FEED’s 3 C Model

Provide Outreach Create a Community of Learning, Inquiry & Practice Strengthen Statewide Network Develop Resources

CLIP Participants Include:
Burlington School Food Project
Food Works Farm to Table
Green Mountain Farm to School
Upper Valley Farm to School Network

Vermont Farm to School Network Community of Inquiry Learning & Practice (CLIP )
Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Vermont Department of Education
Vermont Department of Health

Topics discussed: Sharing our Programs - learning unique elements of FTS programs across the state Evaluation - share current knowledge about FTS evaluation and identify gaps Telling Our Story - How to capture all of the great Farm to School work happening across the state Group Communication Trainings & Professional Development Planning a Summer Workshop Community of Inquiry Learning & Practice (CLIP )

The CLIP helped inform the first Vermont State Farm to School Institute… Farm to School Summer Workshop
Collaboration and Community of Learning Expanded to Schools
Workshop Offered for Credit
Action Planning Time and Resource Specialist Support
Focus on the 3 C’s as structure for each day
Teams including: teachers, principals, FTS coordinators, food service,
community members, farmers
Highlighting FTS practitioners- having them share their stories

Summer Workshops Focused On: Building Effective Partnerships Connecting with Farmers Assessing Sustainability of your program Facilitation, planning meetings and effective group process Garden based curriculum Integrating Food, Farm and Nutrition Curriculum into K-12 schools Recipes and Cost Effective Buying The National FTS Scene

Evaluation?

Evaluation!

The Big Question
Cafeteria
Classroom
Community
Fruits
Vegetables

Challenges

Promising Evidence

Place-based

Evaluation Framework
Availability
Access
Utilization

Data
12 Schools
43 Teachers
655 students
Menus
FSD interviews
Rubrics

Products
Technical report for CDC
Practical report recommending best practices
Evaluation recommendations

Process Outcome
VT positioned to expand F2S research, evaluation, and scale up.

Findings (kids eating)

Findings

Preliminary Findings
Eating F&V picked with family
Taste test participation
Useful measures for future evaluation

Discussion Groups Farm to School Evaluation Building a Farm to School Learning Community/Farm to School Network Strengthening and Developing Public/Private Partnerships and Collaboration

Maple Apple Gumbo: Farm to School Collaboration in VT

by Community Food Security Coalition on Nov 05, 2010

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