Trainings and Events
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Past Training & Webinars
USDA hosts farm to school webinar series on a regular basis. Check out the current webinar series or recorded versions online.
Calling all Montana producers interested in selling to schools! Watch the recorded training sessions linked below for a comprehensive overview of how to build relationships and sell food to local schools. Follow along in the Bringing the Farm to School: Agricultural Producers' Workbook.
- ProducerTraining22 T1 Session1 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T1 S2 Recording
- Montana Farm to School Producer Training #2 Session 1 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T1 Session 2 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T2 Session 3 Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T2 Session 4 Part A Recording
- ProducerTraining22 T2B Session 4 PartB Recording
- 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
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- 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
