Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) was a valuable food and medicinal plant for Native Americans.
The starchy, potato-like corms were eaten raw, boiled, or roasted, while leaves were eaten as greens. Medicinally, it was used to treat convulsions, sore throats, and eye issues.
My wild ginger (asarum canadense l.) colony and its hidden flowers are a highlight of my shade garden.
Native Americans used wild ginger as a poultice to treat wounds. Modern medicine has identified 2 antibiotic compounds in the plant -- its historical use as an antibiotic has been validated!!
Preparing #SchoolMeals for students with more local, whole foods takes new skills and Chef Warner is training school food service professionals across Ohio on all things for cooking from the farm to school!!
Learn more here: lnkd.in/gMrWhvPR
🫑School food service staff are learning how to cook local foods to support #FarmtoSchool!
Farm to School Chef Jim Warner recently prepared a Sweet & Spicy Rainbow Burrito recipe w/ food service staff as part of his Ohio statewide training sessions that emphasize foods that can be sourced locally.
The school partnered w/ 3 local beef producers ⏩supporting small farmers & the area economy.
These partnerships helped the district expand its #FarmtoSchool efforts, allowing students to enjoy more locally grown school meals throughout the year!
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The pea shoot microgreens were provided by Matt Arrends of Spring Lake Farms, a Prior Lake graduate committed to nourishing the local area and students through sustainable farming practices and healthy, nutritious school meals.
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The romaine lettuce was harvested by Junior Naturalists at Glendale Elementary from the Child Nutrition Services #GardenTower, bringing classroom learning into the cafeteria.
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🥗 #FarmToSchool connects students ⏩ local farmers and means healthier #schoolmeals for our kiddos!!
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools served up Sloppy Joes made w/ #Minnesota raised beef, paired w/ a garden bar featuring local romaine lettuce and pea shoot microgreens from 3 local farms 🥬.
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thank you!!
My bloodroot is blooming!!
Native Americans, including the Cherokee, Algonquin, and Ponca, used the orange-red sap of bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) primarily for dyes, body paint, and traditional medicine.
Do it!! You can never go wrong having more pairs of these -- I'm practically working on an overall connection at this point.
Absolutely perfect for work on the garden and farm!
When you and your twinsie drip so hard in your Duluth overalls that you are camouflaged ✌🏻🤣🌿
This #FarmtoSchool project connects experts in #native agriculture education - seed keepers, wild ricers, fisherfolk, gardeners, and farmers - with school staff and students to promote wellness in the communities served & increase the #localfood purchased & consumed in the local economy.
The School District of Bayfield serves Bayfield, Madeline Island, & the Red Cliff #Ojibwe Nation, of which 83% of students are tribal members.
The District is expanding #agriculture programming into middle & high school to support #foodsovereignty learning, #nutrition knowledge, and ag careers.
🍄 In Wisconsin, #FarmToSchool is connecting students back to the land.
"Mr. Kinney's class joined the gitigaan crew to harvest and learn about shkitaagan (chaga) earlier this week! This medicinal mushroom will be brewed and shared with staff and students at our tea station!"
Perfect conditions for a controlled burn today.
The native plants will thrive here in a few weeks.
Always love helping with this work and land restoration.
First bloom of 2026 in Northern Indiana!! 🌿
During my time as a @bread4theworld.bsky.social Board member, I was lucky enough to learn about the work of @toendhunger.bsky.social.
The Alliance to End Hunger works cross-sector to address #hunger & #malnutrition & to solve the root causes of hunger in the U.S. & abroad.
Give them a follow!
Learn more about this #FarmtoSchool ear-resistable lunch and the school's partnership with Zupancic Farms: dailyjournal.net/2025/08/28/i...
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🌽 On #Indiana Food Day, students husked farm-fresh local corn & enjoyed it for lunch!
“I think it’s important that the school gives [students] an idea of #agriculture & farm grown food.
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American families are living in crisis -- the absence of SNAP means many no longer have the means to feed their children the nutritious meals they need to thrive.
Please, as you are able, donate 🥕 or 💰 or your ⌛ to your local food bank/ pantries.
You have so much power to make a difference.
As a furloughed fed, I haven't received a full paycheck since Sept. Our tightened family budget is now razor thin, there's nowhere else we can cut.
In an effort to feel like I'm still part of something worthwhile, I've been volunteering at our local food pantry these days.
It's a labor of love.
Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."
"Dilexi te"
The care they took, and the lessons learned, will go one step further in helping create more sustainable, local #foodsystems for generations to come.
I may be on furlough as a fed, but that doesn't mean the work of #FarmtoSchool stops cold!!
Spent the morning volunteering and teaching local students how to butcher and process farm-raised chickens.
It was a total blast running into the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy @iatp.bsky.social at #FarmAid in Minneapolis!
Even better!? Learning about all their #FarmToSchool work in the Homegrown Village 🌱
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How will a government #shutdown impact #SNAP benefits? @fracposts.bsky.social has the answers.
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