News & Events

Seasonally:

Virtual Farm Field Trips

Farm to School Month- Minnesota Ag in the Classroom Farm Field Trips

Trip to Donaldson Farms in Hackettstown, NJ

Trip to an Urban Farm in Morristown, NJ

Follow Your Food Series

Nationally:

• Social Emotional Leaninrg- WholeHealth4You
• FoodCorps
• National Farm to School Network
• The Edible School Yard Project
• Life Lab Webinars and Back pocket activities
• ChopChop Magazine- sign up for their weekly newsletter for tips on cooking with common items found in your pantry.
• Dig into our Gro More Good activities

Locally:

• New Jersey Agricultural Society's Learning Through Gardening 
• Grow-It-Green Morristown
• Newark Conservancy
• Raritan Headwater’s Association
• City Green, Inc

If you know of or would like your learning from home opporunities featured, please reach out to: newjerseyf2s@ag.nj.gov. Thanks!

Suggested Best Practices for Food Service Personnel

School Gardening Support and Resources

NC State Cooperative Extension Tips for Community Gardeners and Handout

Purdue University Cooperative Extension's Tips and Tricks

Food Safety for Gardeners 

As we gear up for the Fall season, use these resources  to be safe on the farm.

The USDA with other food organizations around the United States have compiled a searchable database of food system resources.

The last full week of September is when New Jersey celebrates our agricultural past, present and future with schools across the state with Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week. Connecting the classroom to the cafeteria, curriculum that supports nutrition education and all healthy eating, school gardens and school meals is what Farm to School is all about. 2020 was our 10th Annual Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week from September 21-25. Thank you to everyone who joined us and especially those who joined in our first ever Spirirt Week! 

October is National Farm to School Month! Join us and thousands of schools, early care and education sites, farms, communities and organizations across the country as we celebrate food education, school gardens and lunch trays filled with healthy, local ingredients. Here are several easy ways to get involved. 

The winner of the 2020 Farmer Recognition Award goes to Drop the Beet Farms. Click here to learn more about the Farm and how they are teaching the next generation of students about New Jersey agriculture. Check out the press release of our visit to Drop the Beet Farms and presentation of the Award, here. 

Spectrum360 in Livingston, NJ won the 2019-2020 Best in NJ Farm to School Award. Read the press release, here. To learn more about Spectrum360's Culinary Program, click here. 

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture awarded $10,000 in competitive mini grants to nine schools in 2018 to develop Farm to School activities in New Jersey schools. Click here for the full article. The next round of Farm to School mini grants is in the works; please sign-up for our updates on our homepage to stay in the loop.