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 | Mar 5, 2018 | News
What happens when you ask kids to think about climate change? They’re instincts are always on. Show a classroom of 2nd graders a picture of pesticide run-off from farms, the resulting algae blooms in our great lakes, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico —...
by mfc | Jan 8, 2018 | News
By Carter D’Angelo, fall semester intern from Macalester College I have spent the past few months talking to teachers and administrators about Midwest Food Connection. I am from a small town in Massachusetts and grew up surrounded by small family farms. I have...
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...
