Miguel Villareal is the Interim Director of the National Farm to School Network.  From humble beginnings in a farm worker's family, his journey led him to athletics, a software salesman, and finally as a Nutrition Services Director for a large school district in California.  A moment where he was forced to administer a soft drink contract to potentially thousands of students forced him to rethink what school foodservice could be all about. Join us as we chat with Miguel on his journey to change the nutrition of students across the country. 

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Often school garden programs and school cafeterias operate very independent and separately from each other.  Join us for a wonderful example of a program that works in harmony: West Linn-Wilsonville School District.  Our Guests include School Garden Coordinator Helena Killstrom and Nutrition Services Manager Lindsey  Flores.

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Join us as we interview Texas A&M University's Randy Seagraves.  Randy is the Program Specialist and Curriculum Director of the International Junior Master Gardener Program.  Find out how America's youth are inspired and transformed by this wonderful program. 

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Join us for our second part of our interview with the co-founders Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie of "Green Our Planet," a non-profit based in Las Vegas, Nevada that uses school garden and hydroponic STEM programs that teach students about sustainability and financial literacy.  They have an amazing story of how they transformed what did as successful videographers to end up creating this nonprofit to better their part of the Southwest.. and the country! 

This is part two of a two-part episode. 

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Join Rick as he visits with the co-founders Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie of "Green Our Planet," a non-profit based in Las Vegas, Nevada that uses school garden and hydroponic STEM programs that teach students about sustainability and financial literacy.  They have an amazing story of how they transformed what did as successful videographers to end up creating this nonprofit to better their part of the Southwest.. and the country! 

This is part one of a two-part episode. 

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Join Rick as he travels "on assignment" to Summerlin, Nevada to interview two groups of elementary students who participated in the "World's Largest Student Farmer's Market," sponsored by Green Our Planet. 

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Show notes and much more will be available later this week on our new hosting Site:  https://extension.oregonstate.edu/podcast/farm-school-podcast

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Join us for part two of our discussion about bees and pollinators in the school garden with Associate Professor Andony Melanthpoulos with Oregon State University.

Show notes and much more will be available later this week on our new hosting Site:  https://extension.oregonstate.edu/podcast/farm-school-podcast

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Join us as for a fascinating interview of one of the worlds foremost authorities on bees and pollination - Andony Melanthopoulos with Oregon State University.. and how bees fit into the world of school gardens!

This is part one of a two-part series.

Show notes and much more will be available later this week on our hosting site: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/podcast/farm-school-podcast  

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It's not every day when the United States Department of Agriculture reach out to you to ask if their "person at the top" of the school lunch program can be a guest on your show! Join Michelle and Rick as they have a conversation with Administrator Long about how Farm to School fits in the USDA's programs. 

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Michelle and Rick interview Rick's Co-worker, Jennifer Young of Oregon Department of Education, where she serves as the State Wellness Coordinator.  Join them as they discuss School Wellness Policies, and strategies to incorporate that into what we do in school gardens. 

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