Hello Farm-Based Educators!
Spring has sprung, and around here, animals are grazing, dandelions are blooming, and summer camp is around the corner! During our series of summer camp meetings, we bolstered our resource folder and want to make sure you have access. Looking for activities? In Dropbox, you'll find a folder f illed with categorized activities.
While 2023 feels far away, we're planning now and would love your insight! What virtual workshops would you like to attend? Please share your thoughts on this brief form.
Thanks to all who filled out our low-tech matchmaking forms: seeking mentorship and offering mentorship. This is an ongoing process, so it's not too late if you have something to offer or are looking for advice.
Vera Simon-Nobes
FBEN Coordinator
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Community Check-In with City Slicker Farms
City Slicker Farms’ mission is to increase wellness and build community through equitable access to healthy foods, thriving gardens, and urban green space. Based in the environmental justice community of West Oakland, they have spent the last 21 years working towards a more just and equitable food system where everyone is nourished and has access to fresh, healthy, and culturally celebrated food. Join City Slicker Farms and FBEN members for a presentation about their model, followed by time for discussion, questions, and sharing. We'll hear about the challenges they're facing, as well as what they're most proud of.
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Farm-Based Education for Food System Transformation: A Master’s Thesis Dialogue with Shelby Geitner
In the winter of 2022, Agroecology Masters student, Shelby Geitner, visited and interviewed farm-based education sites across the United States, investigating how farm-based education can better support equitable and sustainable food system transformations.
Join Shelby for a presentation of the themes and patterns she found, and take part in a discussion on how you can (or already do) integrate some of the themes identified. (Photo: Matty Ice)
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Community Check-In with City Blossoms
City Blossoms is a nonprofit organization that cultivates the well-being of their communities through creative programming in kid-driven gardens. Since 2008, City Blossoms has designed, developed, collaborated on, and provided programming or trainings for over 100 projects throughout Washington, D.C. and nationwide. Their work serves Latino, African-American, and immigrant children, ages 2-19.
Over the years, they have received a lot of interest and inquiries about their approach to working with young people and about their Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative (YEC) program in particular. City Blossoms, in partnership with the United States Botanic Garden (USBG), announces the release of “Cultivating Young Leaders: A Workbook for Growing a Youth-Led Cooperative Garden Business.” This innovative resource, informed by City Blossoms’ YEC program, is complete with templates and tools to support anyone interested in connecting high school youth with gardens and entrepreneurship skill-building.
Join City Blossoms for a presentation about their model as well as a share-out of this exciting new resource!
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2022 National Ag in the Classroom Conference
Taking place in Saratoga Springs, June 28-July 1, 2022, the Conference will provide tools, techniques, and inspiration to include food and agriculture as a lens for learning. Connect with incredible educators across the country!
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The International Workshop on Agritourism will take place in person on August 30 - September 1, 2022 in Burlington, Vermont, USA. It's designed to be a hybrid event to allow those unable to travel to have access to content.
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In 2021, we worked with beekeeper and consultant Ang Roell on a leadership series around organizational change and finding resilience during transitional and transformative times. Many participants said they wanted to learn more from Ang about beekeeping! Here's a listing of classes Ang currently offers. Looking to connect with other beekeeping farm-based educators? Email me and I'll put you in touch!
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Congratulations City Blossoms!
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A Farm-Based Education...Book?
We may have the opportunity to work with a publisher on a farm-based education book, so we're asking YOU, what should it focus on? Email me if you'd like to share your ideas on how a published resource could support YOU and the field of farm-based education.
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Job Alert: Livestock Educator, Appleton Farms - Ipswich, MA
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Reporting to the Education Manager at Appleton Farms, the Livestock Educator will support Appleton Farms’ mission in two capacities: 1) coordinating and leading public and youth livestock education programs such as weekend family programming and livestock camp and youth programs under the management of the Education Manager; and 2) oversee the care and maintenance of all Appleton Farms education livestock under the oversight of the Livestock Manager. Learn more...
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Seeds hold memories, meaning, and culture. UJAMAA SEEDS is a project of the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance (UCFA). UCFA, a program under the non-profit STEAM ONWARD is a BIPOC led collective that recognizes the need for increased diversity in farming in general, and diversity in the $15 billion dollar U.S. seed industry in particular. They are committed to providing increased opportunities and support for growers from historically marginalized communities. To this end, the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance is working to bridge the gap between prospective growers and seed companies. FBEN got to know STEAM ONWARD founder, Bonnetta Adeeb, and youth, Addison Kindrick, Dante Caracter, Isaiah Lucas, Yachi Madaan and Shannon Austria when they keynoted the 2019 FBEN Conference, and we're excited to see the emergence of this important project!
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Introducing Shelburne Farms and UVM’s New Education for Sustainability Graduate Programs
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Eat the Change Grants Due Friday, May 14
ETC Impact™ is a grant program working to promote and expand access to climate-friendly foods in the United States. They're donating more than $1.25 million over three years to support a diverse group of changemaking non-profit organizations. In 2022, Eat the Change expects to award more than 30 grants in the amounts of $10,000 to $25,000 to individuals and organizations that educate and inspire communities to eat more planet-friendly foods.
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