Farm-to-School across ACSD
Farm to School connects students to local food, farms, and agriculture — using hands-on experiences like field trips, taste tests, and classroom activities to build learning around where our food comes from while bringing more local foods into school meals. Here's what has been happening across ACSD:
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Field trips at schools explore food systems, farming, and our working landscape, tied into classroom learning in history, science, math, and literacy
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Partnerships across ACSD schools and with Middlebury College clubs as well as their organic farm are enriching learning across the district
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Professional learning in collaboration with ACORN and the Northeast Farm to School Institute this summer
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New bulk milk dispensers with Monument Farms milk in schools.
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More local foods are on menus district-wide and continuing to grow with new farm and food partnerships in the works
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Harvest of the Month spotlights a local food each month with fun activities and taste tests
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Jr. Iron Chef: A team of 5th grade students from Mary Hogan competed in the Jr. Iron Chef competition in March and won the Lively and Local Award for their Vermont Country Risotto
MUHS August/Sept menu
MUMS Aug/Sept Menu
Bridport Aug/Sept Menu
Cornwall Aug/Sept Menu
Mary Hogan Aug/Sept Menu
Salisbury Aug/Sept Menu
Weybridge Aug/Sept Menu
Notice from Nutrition Services
It is our pleasure to announce that school breakfasts and lunches are still free for all students for the upcoming school year. Also new this year is that we are asking families to fill out a Household Income Data Collection form (there is no longer required free & reduced forms). Although these are not mandatory, family income information helps us qualify for over $475,000 to assist with nutrition, literacy, math, science and other vital programing. The form is user friendly and fully confidential and can be done online. To fill out the form please click on the link below.
https://education.vermont.gov/householdincome. You can also find this form in other languages at this link.
Please contact Steven Marinelli, Food Service Director with any questions or concerns
smarinelli@acsdvt.org 802–382-1423
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Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
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mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email: Program.Intake@usda.gov
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