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Rooted in Learning Program Wraps Another Year, and Starts Looking Toward 2027
By Tim Rowland | Contributing Writer Over the past year, elementary students in three Essex County schools have learned to shop at farmers’ markets, watched syrup producers…
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Farmers See Hope in Young Consumers Through North Country Farm to School Programs
By Tim Rowland | Contributing Writer A classroom of elementary students can be seen as the next generation of parents, employees and business owners. But to a farmer, they can…
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Essex County’s Farm to School Program, As Seen From the Principal’s Office
By Tim Rowland | Contributing Writer Schools aren’t always easy places for new programming to penetrate. Administrators are busy juggling everything from budgets to bus…
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Kids’ Market at Boquet Valley CSD Connects Local Kids to Area Farmers and Producers
By Tim Rowland | Contributing Writer This event at Boquet Valley Lake View Campus had all the hallmarks of a farmers’ market — tents and tables, breads, produce, and syrup.…
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The Future of Farm to School in the Adirondack Region
Most local activists will tell you they’re not out to save the world. Julie Holbrook and K’Cee Leavine will admit to no such thing. They see child nutrition in schools as a…
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Better Quality Food is Key for Helping Students Thrive
By Tim Rowland Supporters of Farm to School had battled the conventional wisdom that food in its natural state was too costly and too hard to prepare. They’d won that fight,…
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