Have you ever heard of a Food Forest?  It sounds something you can find in the woods outside Willy Wonka’s factory, right?  Join us as we explore the relationship with Fort Bragg, California’s school district Nutrition Services Director Pilar Gray and Director of Operations for the NOYO Food Forest, Beth Horkman.

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Often as we teach kids where their food comes from, even 11th graders sometimes think broccoli grows on trees because they're not exposed to growing food.  Join us as we explore School Garden Education in the Denver, Colorado area with SustainED Farms' Matt Supronowicz and Maya McDowell. 

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Our last episode was coined "Student Ecoliteracy, The Author" which explored Katherine Pryor's journey of writing children's books about nature and garden subjects.  In this companion episode, we talk to Katherine's first publisher, Philip Lee of Readers to Eaters.  They specialize in publishing kids books about nutrition and school gardens!  

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Katherine Pryor first wrote a story when she was seven years old.  She's been chasing the feeling of how the story made her feel every day since then..  Fast forward to today, when she's published ten children's books, most of which are award winners.  Join Rick and Michelle as they talk to Katherine as she shares her journey of writing about kids' experiences with growing food, among other stories.

Teaser: Join us next time for "Student Ecoliteracy.. The Publisher!"

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What if you ran the Nutrition Service Department and you needed help..  someone to help to provide training, kitchen design, or "strategic solutions leadership?"  Join Rick and Michelle as they chat with Joshua Miller, the Founder and Principal Consultant with Remarkable Academic Foods, who tells his journey in his mission to help transform school meals.  

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In our journey to explore the different methods of educating kids about their food and the environment, we bring you a new way we haven't explored yet on this program: Educating kids through music!  Join us as we talk to members of the Banana Slug String Band, a band that's celebrating their 40th Anniversary at the time of this posting and their journey through the years.

This is part TWO of a two-part episode.  

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In our journey to explore the different methods of educating kids about their food and the environment, we bring you a new way we haven't explored yet on this program: Educating kids through music!  Join us as we talk to members of the Banana Slug String Band, a band that's celebrating their 40th Anniversary at the time of this posting and their journey through the years.

This is part one of a two-part episode.  Part two will be available later this month. 

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Join us as we talk to Julie Burton of the award-winning Farm Lab DREAMS Campus (Design, Research, Engineering, Art, Math & Science). It's an amazing story of how they were able to establish a certified organic farm that feeds into their nationally recognized farm to school program in Encinitas, CA. 

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Many organizations provide educational programming for school gardens across the USA.  But what about the infrastructure of building the garden, how do you start? Join us as we talk with Sam Koentopp from Big Green.  They work with partner organizations to install their raised beds in schools, and also have a goal to start one million gardens with their home gardening kits!  Join us as we explore their mission to get everyone in America growing food!

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Most people Haven't heard of the term "Farm to School."  Once the concept is explained to them, usually the next thing to explain is.. what is a school garden?  Typically, folks assume that school gardens are a relatively new thing.  Join us as we talk with Rose Hayden-Smith about the very long and interesting history of school gardens in the USA and the world. 

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