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New book - Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life & discount code

Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life by Dilafruz Williams and Jonathan Brown



Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and…

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Posted by Michelle M. Ratcliffe on January 24, 2012 at 9:56am

Two new positions with National F2S Network

Two new positions just opened up with the National Farm to School Network:
1) Communications & Outreach Manager (based anywhere in the US)
2) Program Assistant (based in the Chicago area) …
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Posted by Anupama Joshi on December 21, 2011 at 6:11pm

Faculty Position in Food Studies at Syracuse University

The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University invites applicants for a full time tenure track position in food studies, rank open, to begin in August 2012.  We seek an Associate or Full Professor, but will also consider promising applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor. The department seeks a high-energy faculty member with expertise in the interdisciplinary study of food, food systems, and…

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Posted by Michelle M. Ratcliffe on December 20, 2011 at 9:33am

FoodCorps is hiring a Research and Evaluation Manager - Due Jan. 20, 2012

FoodCorps is hiring a Research and Evaluation Manager to facilitate measurement and analysis of FoodCorps' impact on child health and food security. The application deadline is January 20th, 2012. Go here to learn more: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/fnwHb9ZWwnH4/

POSITION: Reporting to Co-­‐Founder and Service Program Director, Cecily Upton, and working in close collaboration with Co-­‐Founder and…

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Posted by Michelle M. Ratcliffe on December 19, 2011 at 2:28pm

My Dissertation

I just defended my dissertation, A Healthy Harvest: Adolescents Grow Food and Well-Being with Policy Implications for Education, Health and Community Planning   on the effects of growing food organically on adolescents.

I will post the abstract and am happy to send the full dissertation to anyone who would find it useful.

Posted by Illene Pevec on November 30, 2011 at 10:27am — 1 Comment

 

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Tia Henderson posted a discussion

Give input to USDA to encourage them to reserve $ for F2S Evaluation

Hello all,By now I hope many of you have seen the USDA Farm to School Grant Program request for applications (CFDA # 10.575). If not go here.In the rfp, they encourage folks to provide feedback. They write, "Given the newness of this program, and the great benefits associated with stakeholder engagement, feedback regarding this preliminary grant design, as well as ideas and comments regarding the…See More
Apr 24
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John Fisher replied to John Fisher's discussion Seeking Food Diary Activity for Primary Grades - Assessing Fruit and Veg intake as part of a garden-enhanced nutrition education program
"Here are two more relevant resources (attached): Validation of the School Lunch Recall Questionnaire to Capture School Lunch Intake of Third- to Fifth-Grade Students by  Amy Paxton, March 2011, Volume 111, Number 3, Journal of the…"
Mar 6
Michelle M. Ratcliffe replied to John Fisher's discussion Seeking Food Diary Activity for Primary Grades - Assessing Fruit and Veg intake as part of a garden-enhanced nutrition education program
"Also look to the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR)  - MEASURES REGISTRY http://www.nccor.org/measures/index.html The NCCOR Measures Registry is a searchable database of diet and physical activity measures relevant to…"
Mar 2
John Fisher replied to John Fisher's discussion Seeking Food Diary Activity for Primary Grades - Assessing Fruit and Veg intake as part of a garden-enhanced nutrition education program
"Look what I just found on a past datadorks post: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cpns/Pages/ImpactEvaluation.aspx ; nice sample surveys are included in the compendium of surveys."
Feb 14
John Fisher posted a discussion

Seeking Food Diary Activity for Primary Grades - Assessing Fruit and Veg intake as part of a garden-enhanced nutrition education program

Greetings,Starting next academic school year we will be providing a free garden-enhanced nutrition education training to schools across California www.lifelab.org/csgtWe are looking to assess the fruit and vegetable consumption rates of primary grade students who will participate in garden-enhanced nutrition education programming in their edible school gardens. We are seeking a student food diary activity (pre and post for grades k-2 and/or 3-5) to…See More
Feb 14
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Gina K. Thornburg posted a discussion

USDA Issues New Rules on School Food

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/25/10234671-students-to-see-healthier-school-lunches-under-new-usda-rulesSee More
Jan 25
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Michelle M. Ratcliffe posted a blog post

New book - Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life & discount code

Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life by Dilafruz Williams and Jonathan BrownOffering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The authors creatively place soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability…See More
Jan 24
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Gina K. Thornburg posted a discussion

New Study on Food in Schools

Here is an article that I think will be of interest to almost everyone in this group:Jennifer Van Hook and Claire E. Altman. 2012. Competitive Food Sales in Schools and Childhood Obesity : A Longitudinal Study. Sociology of Education, 85(1), 23-29.See More
Jan 22
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Matt Benson commented on Illene Pevec's blog post My Dissertation
"I would love to read your disseration. Can you email it to me? My email is mcbenson@vt.edu. Congratulations!"
Dec 28, 2011
Anupama Joshi posted a blog post

Two new positions with National F2S Network

Two new positions just opened up with the National Farm to School Network:1) Communications & Outreach Manager (based anywhere in the US) http://www.farmtoschool.org/files/publications_417.pdf2) Program Assistant (based in the Chicago area) http://www.farmtoschool.org/files/publications_416.pdfSee More
Dec 21, 2011
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Michelle M. Ratcliffe posted a blog post

Faculty Position in Food Studies at Syracuse University

The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University invites applicants for a full time tenure track position in food studies, rank open, to begin in August 2012.  We seek an Associate or Full Professor, but will also consider promising applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor. The department seeks a high-energy faculty member with expertise in the interdisciplinary study of food, food systems, and…See More
Dec 20, 2011
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FoodCorps is hiring a Research and Evaluation Manager - Due Jan. 20, 2012

FoodCorps is hiring a Research and Evaluation Manager to facilitate measurement and analysis of FoodCorps' impact on child health and food security. The application deadline is January 20th, 2012. Go here to learn more: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/fnwHb9ZWwnH4/POSITION: Reporting to Co-­‐Founder and Service Program Director, Cecily Upton, and working in close collaboration with Co-­‐Founder and Director of Policy and…See More
Dec 19, 2011
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  • MY PAGE: Introduce yourself to colleagues—upload your picture into your profile, change your profile, and share your thoughts and stories through blog posts.
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Poke around, explore the site, have fun, and send us feedback. The Farm to School and School Garden Research Consortium is an experiment in collective creation—the network is as strong as all of its members' participation, with no single entity controlling the content. You will get what you put into it, and hopefully more, so jump in!

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Give input to USDA to encourage them to reserve $ for F2S Evaluation

Started by Tia Henderson in Farm to School Jobs Apr 24.

Seeking Food Diary Activity for Primary Grades - Assessing Fruit and Veg intake as part of a garden-enhanced nutrition education program 3 Replies

Started by John Fisher in Farm to School Research Reports. Last reply by John Fisher Mar 6.

USDA Issues New Rules on School Food

Started by Gina K. Thornburg in Policy Jan 25.

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