maple apple gumbo: farm to school collaboration in vt
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Maple Apple Gumbo: Farm to School Collaboration in Vermont
Erica Curry, Shelburne Farms/VT FEEDAbbie Nelson, NOFA-VT/VT FEED
Danielle Pipher, Shelburne Farms/VT FEEDAndrew 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 NetworkCommunity 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
CafeteriaClassroomCommunity
FruitsVegetables
Challenges
Challenges
Challenges
Challenges
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
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