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Are you ready to go back to school? We sure are!
The beginning of September and going back to school is an exciting time for everyone. It’s a time of change, bringing new routines, new friends, and new learning experiences. In the spirit of change...
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During her 2012-13 FoodCorps Fellow term, Lea Howe produced this incredibly beautiful short film about the community collaboration needed to get Montana-raised beef into our Montana public schools.Lea...
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Celebrating National Farm to School Month in MT!
FoodCorps service members across the state have been busy this month!Between celebrating National Kale Day on October 2nd and now preparing for Montana Crunch Time on October 24th, we have harvested a...
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Montana “Crunch Time” in the Capitol
Montana students participating in Crunch Time on October 24, 2013.As the clock struck two on October 24, a collective crunch brought the state of Montana together to celebrate Food Day and National...
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October 24th: First Annual Montana Crunch Time Event!
written by Service Member Erin Jackson, BozemanIf you happened to be near Hyalite Elementary School in Bozeman, MT on Thursday, October 24th at exactly 2:00 p.m., I wouldn’t be surprised if you heard a...
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Kohlrabi: A Plant with Personality
I don't think I will ever live down the kohlrabi lesson. With just over two months into my FoodCorps service year in Red Lodge, I still get the most comments about kohlrabi, which is perhaps the...
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A Classroom Ceremony for Food
“All hail kale!” we cheered with our forks raised before chomping down on bites of kale salad. It was my second class of the day with the fifth graders at Ronan Middle School, who had just finished...
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The Interconnected World of Teaching: Students Aren’t the Only Learners
When she got it, my heart jumped. The third grade classroom fell silent. Minutes before, I had been incessantly hammering the merits of decomposers to the class as we worked our way through a series of...
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Sneaky & Strategic: A New Approach to Eating More Veggies
I stood in front of a classroom of 25 fourth and fifth graders at Cornelius Hedges Elementary School in Kalispell as they gleefully ate big, warm bites of brownie with brightly colored frosting. You...
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Cattle in the Classroom: Educating Students about Montana Beef
Driving through Montana, many car passengers may glimpse a herd of cattle grazing among a backdrop of mountains and wide open space. For the members of the Lockwood Boys and Girls Club, this...
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Two Bites of Confidence
"Hey! You are the teacher that helps us not to be afraid of trying new foods!" I hear these words from a sweet five year old girl, "Alice." She is proudly holding a piece of pear in her hand...
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Farm to School: Served Up Three Different Ways
Back when the yellow tamaracks and aspens gave Western Montana a shocking amount of fall color, FoodCorps members from around the state convened at the jubilant DIY get-together that is the annual...
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Everyone at the Table
On a winter afternoon in Butte I recently joined community members around a large table eating local lentil hummus, bread, and popcorn. As a FoodCorps Service member, I tend to get excited...
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Beef, It's on the Menu
The hum of happily chewing mouths filled the Ennis School lunchroom on January 15th as students, for the first time in our school’s history, enjoyed beef stroganoff prepared with local Montana beef....
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Curious Cow Stomachs
I think curiosity should be a common learning standard, since so much of what I do as a FoodCorps service member is all about inspiring curiosity in kids. In the school garden, I ask students to take...
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Cooking up a Healthy School Food Legacy
Since January, the scent of freshly baked pumpkin bread wafting through the halls has become a weekly occurrence at Hyalite Elementary School. I often hear students and teachers wonder out loud: “What...
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Singing Silly Songs
In past posts, my fellow FoodCorps service members have mentioned getting a little silly while teaching in the classroom, garden or cafeteria in order to get students excited about fruits and veggies....
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Beets Galore: The Full Circle of Farm to School
I have finally discovered it: the essence of being the FoodCorps service member at Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center (MMFEC) in Ronan, Montana. MMFEC is pretty unique among FoodCorps sites: we’re...
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Reasons to Love a Small Town
In a town the size of Red Lodge, it’s easy to feel like you know everyone. I’ve often connected with other service members in small towns about the difficulty of getting anywhere on time because...
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When I Grow Up...
When I was in elementary school, my dream jobs oscillated seamlessly and indiscriminately between fiction and reality. One day, being a professional mermaid was the obvious answer, because being able...
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