by mfc | Sep 2, 2019 | News
Hello! My name is River Ostrow and I am so thrilled and honored to be starting as a Program Educator with Midwest Food connection this school year. I’d like to share a little bit about my adventures in food and education so far. I graduated from the University...
by mfc | May 14, 2018 | News
As garden educators, we MFC staff have the opportunity to work with students in their school gardens every fall and spring. Here are some of our thoughts about getting kids involved in gardening! 1. Let them choose! Even as an adult, gardening is all about...
by mfc | Apr 6, 2018 | News
As you come out of hibernation this spring, Braiding Sweetgrass is the book to read to reawaken your relationship with the land. Through delicious sentences and a slow reverence for the natural world, Robin Wall Kimmerer shares indigenous wisdom about ecology in this...
by mfc | Nov 8, 2017 | News
We had the privilege of bringing four classes of third graders from Brimhall Elementary to two different farms this fall: Common Harvest, a family farm and CSA just east of the St. Croix River, and Big River Farms, a local food hub just west of the St. Croix River...
by mfc | Mar 25, 2014 | News
In the middle of a carpeted, first-grade classroom, a garden full of carrots, apple trees, corn, and sunflowers sprout up. Granted, the plants were first-graders who were “magically” turned into fruits and vegetables, but the students were still learning valuable...
