by mfc | Aug 5, 2016 | News
The Midwest Food Connection is seeking a half-time teacher to present lessons on healthful foods, cooking, and gardening in Twin Cities elementary classrooms. Start-date: September Salary: 15,500-17,500 for 10 months, 20 hours a week Benefits: health, dental,...
by mfc | May 3, 2016 | News
Our spring planting unit is well under way, and it is, as always, a rich, fresh, and lively set of four lessons where we bring our buckets, dirt, seeds, and spring plants right into the classrooms. We teachers with Midwest Food Connection have a great appreciation...
by mfc | Apr 25, 2016 | News
It’s lunch time in the crowded cafeteria at Marcy Open School in Minneapolis. Kenisha pulls a snap pea from her pocket and covertly, proudly, shows it to her hungry friends, “Look what I still have.” Enviously admiring the small pod as if it were the newest candy, the...
by mfc | Mar 22, 2016 | News
by mfc | Mar 8, 2016 | News
Attending the MOSES Conference (Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service) last week in Wisconsin was a great opportunity for Haruko and me as MFC educators to tap into the knowledge and expertise of hundreds of organic growers, producers, and food...
by mfc | Dec 15, 2015 | News
How can we “eat green” and reduce our contribution to global warming through our food choices? There are many steps that can be taken and eating Locally is one of them. Here is what will be served in Minneapolis Public Schools at the start of the new year!...
