by mfc | Nov 8, 2016 | News
Ginger has been a remarkable teacher with our program and we are thankful so many kids got to have lessons with her! Here’s why… Ginger has a warm smile and an easy laugh, which of course make her presence in any classroom welcoming and pleasant. She has...
by mfc | Oct 12, 2016 | News
Midwest Food Connection’s work bringing educational adventures in food, cooking, and gardening to children and their families includes taking Twin Cities students on field trips to local farms to experience where their food comes from firsthand. I was lucky to...
by mfc | Sep 2, 2016 | News
For children grades K-6 Make a Pizza: Expand and train your tastebuds! This lesson will present the plants, flavors, and uses of herbs and spices common to agriculture and cuisine in Minnesota. Children will use both fresh and dried herbs to make pizzas, and explore...
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...
