Trainings and Events
Upcoming Training & Events
Bringing the Farm to School Local Producer Trainings
Calling all farmers & agricultural producers! Are you interested in learning about expanding your business to reach schools? Montana Farm to School is hosting two Bringing the Farm to School: Local Producer Trainings in Fall 2022! Learn from local experts about accessing school markets, growing products for schools, and more.
Training One - September 2022
The first training will be held in three sessions, one session per week in September 2022:
- Session 1: September 15, 2022 at 1:00pm-3:00pm - Virtual
- Session 2: September 22, 2022 at 1:00pm-3:00pm - Virtual
- Session 3: September 30, 2022 at 8:30am-4:00pm - Great Falls (In-person)
The first two sessions will be held virtually and will provide foundations for working with child nutrition programs. The third session will be held in-person in the Great Falls area and include more in-depth business analysis and planning as well as tour of an agricultural business.
Registration to open in July!
Training Two
Time and location of this training are yet to be determined. Stay tuned!
Archived Training & Webinars
USDA hosts farm to school webinar series on a regular basis. Check out the current webinar series or recorded versions online.
- 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
- Video Transcript
- View slides
- Recorded Webinar
- Video Transcript
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- Recorded Webinar
- Video Transcript
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- Recorded Webinar
- Video Transcript
- View slides
- Recorded Webinar
- Video Transcript
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- Recorded Webinar
- Video Transcript
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- Recorded Webinar
- Video Transcript
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- Watch the video
- Read the transcript
- View slides
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
