2025 Trainings
- Programming in the Garden** April 22, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm, Cheshire Public Schools
- Meet the Farm to School program in Cheshire, and experience a greenhouse to classroom process in action. SIGN UP HERE
- Best practices for Farm to ECE** April 26, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, ACES Middletown (for Early Care Providers, Bilingual)
- AT CAPACITY!! Join guest trainer from All Our Kin for a seed to plate demonstration, take home seedlings for your garden!
- Please email shannon.raider@uconn.edu for more information.
- AT CAPACITY!! Join guest trainer from All Our Kin for a seed to plate demonstration, take home seedlings for your garden!
- Building a Farm to School Program for the Future** May 19, 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm [Virtual]
- Join Sherlene Rodriguez to discover ways to increase the longevity of your program: developing a Vision Statement, creating an Action Plan, and building a Farm to School Team. SIGN UP HERE
*Funding for this project was paid for by the CT Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Funds and by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM22SCBPCT1132. **Funding for this project was paid for by the CT Grown for CT Kids Grant program. All funding is awarded and administered by the CT Department of Agriculture.
For School Food Operators: Join us on May 7th at Auer farm in Bloomfield from 11-4 to increase farm to school programming in your cafeteria! Learn about best practices in local procurement and network with farmers and food hub operators. This event will count toward professional standards requirements. **Lunch included with registration**
Past Trainings
- Food Safety Plan with UConn Extension** December 12, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (for Farmers) [Virtual]
- Develop your food safety plan and write a Standard Operating procedure. (SOP)
- For meeting recording and resources, reach out to shannon.raider@uconn.edu
- Develop your food safety plan and write a Standard Operating procedure. (SOP)
- Farm to School in the Classroom** December 19, 2024, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm [Virtual]
- Join Abby DuBois and Emma Rotner to engage with resources to teach farm to school through nutrition, science, etc and meeting curriculum standards.
- For meeting recording and resources, reach out to abigail.dubois@uconn.edu
- Join Abby DuBois and Emma Rotner to engage with resources to teach farm to school through nutrition, science, etc and meeting curriculum standards.
- Culinary Training and Knife Skills** February 13, 2025, 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm, East Hartford Public Schools
- Join Chef Kashia Diaz to learn knife skills and culinary tools for scratch cooking local foods, gain knowledge to take back to your school food staff.
- For meeting resources, reach out to abigail.dubois@uconn.edu
- Join Chef Kashia Diaz to learn knife skills and culinary tools for scratch cooking local foods, gain knowledge to take back to your school food staff.
- Culturally Appropriate Culinary Training** April 3, 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Middletown Public Schools
- Join Brigaid to explore seasonal ingredients and discover ways to adapt recipes that reflect various culinary traditions.
- For meeting resources, reach out to abigail.dubois@uconn.edu
- Join Brigaid to explore seasonal ingredients and discover ways to adapt recipes that reflect various culinary traditions.