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Same #NCCrunch, New Logo!
Registration for the 2023 #NCCrunch is now live! Sign up to receive a free guide with tips and resources to help you plan for the NC Crunch. In addition to the guide, a new NC Crunch logo, flyer, “I crunched” sticker template, and social media graphics are available. More resources are in the works.
Through the NC Crunch, kids and adults can taste and learn about North Carolina-grown fruits and vegetables with their schools, early care and education sites, organizations, families, and communities for #FarmtoSchool and Early Care and Education Month in October. The NC Crunch is also an opportunity to thank all those involved in feeding our communities. Help us reach all 100 counties and 500,000 kids and adults with the NC Crunch!
Learn more and register to crunch.
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Racial Equity Learning Lab Informational Webinar, National Farm to School Network
June 14, 2023 // 3 pm ET
The National Farm to School Network (NFSN) is excited to announce a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to convene the Racial Equity Learning Lab (“the Lab”). Through a series of facilitated learning sessions, paired with ongoing peer and mentor support, cohort members will dive into literature, resources, and discussions to build the foundations of a shared understanding of racial inequities in the food system. This webinar will dive into the concept of the Lab and its value-based and co-creation approaches, celebrate the work done by the Lab Advisory Council, and share details about how to apply and join the Lab’s first cohort of 13 members scheduled to convene this September 2023.
Register here.
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Centering Indigenous Worldview, Language, and Practices in Today’s Food Education Movement: Insight and Stories from Hawai’i
June 15, 2023 // 3:30 pm ET
Join the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy for their free, three-part series on bringing indigenous foodways into the classroom. For their first workshop, Dr. Summer Maunakea (Native Hawaiian) will share stories, tools, and resources for respectfully incorporating indigenous worldview, language, and practices in K-12 educational settings. Language, food, land, and people are all interconnected. When we revitalize one, we have the opportunity to bring the revitalization of the others!
Register here.
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Featuring Asian and Asian American Culture in Youth Gardens
June 19, 2023 // 7 pm ET
Join KidsGardening for session six of the Culturally Inclusive Teaching in the Garden Series as educators Cat Ayala and Carla Manuel of Growing Gardens Portland explore ways to feature Asian American culture in youth gardens.
Register here.
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How to Structure Impactful School Garden Professional Development
June 21, 2023 // 2 pm ET
This webinar hosted by the School Garden Support Organization Network will dive into two professional development methods for school gardens. From full-day workshops to short mini-trainings, there are many ways to provide in-person professional development to teachers and educators so that they can confidently conduct garden-based education.
Register here.
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NC State Extension Resource: Pollination Video
NC State Extension has created a great animated video to demonstrate how pollination works! We often see bees buzzing around flowers gathering food, but did you know that flowers need bees as much as bees need flowers? This is a great video to incorporate into any lessons about pollination!
Watch here.
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Composting with Kids Lesson Plan
In this lesson, created by KidsGardening, older students will explore different ways to compost food scraps by researching and/or experimenting with different types of compost systems.
Learn more here.
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Funding Sources for Food-Related Businesses, Eighth Edition
Michigan State University’s Center for Regional Food Systems has released the eighth edition of Funding Sources for Food-Related Businesses. This directory provides an overview of various financing sources available to food-related businesses across the United States. The directory includes sources of national and local finance opportunities that be available to farmers, food producers, distributors, food hubs, and other food-related businesses.
Learn more here.
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Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety, and Stereotype Threat in Education and Health Care
The Perception Institute’s report draws on over two hundred studies to describe the impact of implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat on students of color in the classroom and in healthcare.
Learn more here.
Soul Fire Farm Action Steps and Policy Platform for Food Sovereignty
The following food sovereignty action steps were compiled by the Soul Fire Farm community and the Northeast Farmers of Color alliance. This document is designed for anyone who has ever asked, “How can I help make the food system more just?”
Learn more here.
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Danone Institute of North America Requests for Proposal for Sustainable Food Systems Initiatives
Deadline: June 14, 2023
Danone Institute North America (DINA), a nonprofit foundation managed by Danone North America announced a request for proposals for the third offering of its DINA Sustainable Food Systems Initiative. The biennial competitive grant is now accepting submissions from eligible applicants in the U.S. and Canada. The 2023-2025 initiative commits a total of $260,000 in funding, its largest contribution yet, for up to five transdisciplinary teams who demonstrate a commitment to actionable and achievable projects that sit at the intersection of community, health of people, and health of the planet. Selected grantees will be challenged to design, implement, and evaluate actionable community-based projects for sustainable food systems that improve human health and nutrition over a two-year period. Each of the five finalists will receive $50,000 to support and expand their project. An additional $10,000 will be granted to the team with the strongest communications plan, awarded in the fall of 2023.
Learn more here.
National Garden Bureau: Therapeutic Garden Grant
Deadline: July 1, 2023
The National Garden Bureau promotes the health and healing powers of human interaction with plants through an annual grant program for therapeutic gardens. Three established therapeutic gardens will be selected to receive a grant to help expand or maintain the therapeutic garden. In addition to the grant funding, the selected gardens will also receive a set of Corona Gardening Tools. Schools, non-profits, hospitals, retirement centers, rehabilitation facilities, veteran’s facilities, community centers, day camps, treatment facilities, and inter-generational groups throughout the U.S. are eligible.
Learn more and apply here.
Green Our Planet Grant Programs
Deadline: July 21, 2023
School gardens are some of the best tools for hands-on learning and engagement, and Green Our Planet is here to help by offering two programs, GardenConnect and HydroConnect, to provide schools and students more access to gardens and garden-based learning. The GardenConnect program is valued at $3,500 and Green Our Planet will cover the full cost of the program for up to 100 schools. The HydroConnect program is valued at $10,000 and Green Our Planet will cover 80% of the costs of the program for up to 300 schools. Schools are responsible for $2,000 in total.
Learn more here.
Organic Market Development Grants
Deadline: August 8, 2023
The US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has approximately $75 million available for FY 2023 for the Organic Market Development Grants program. This grant aims to boost the consumption of domestic organic agricultural commodities by developing new and expanded organic markets. Eligible applicants, including business entities, non-profit organizations, and government entities, can receive funding running from $10,000 to $3 million for projects focused on production, processing, distribution, and consumer market development.
Learn more and apply here.
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2023 Farm Bill Advocacy Toolkit
The National Farm to School Network has created this toolkit to empower you to voice your priorities and advocate for a more just food system. Together, NFSN hopes we can support greater food sovereignty, climate resilience, racial equity, and economic justice through farm to school in the upcoming Farm Bill.
Learn more here.
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