Sprouting Healthy Kids: A Farm to School Gathering 

Please join us for a day of learning and networking with Farm to School practitioners and others working to make Farm to School a reality in their community.

The day will feature short presentations and plenty of time for questions and answers with food service directors, farmers, school garden leaders, distributors, and state agency representatives. A local, healthy lunch will be provided by Bistro Kids. A school garden tour will be provided by Kansas City Academy.

Registration for the event is $20 if received by July 20. Registration is $25 after July 20 and on the day of the event.

Sponsored by the National Farm to School Network Midwest Regional Lead Agencies, with planning support from Bistro Kids, the Kansas Rural Center, and University of Missouri Extension.

Sprouting Healthy Kids Workshop Agenda

8:30:   Registration
9:00:   Welcome and Introductions
9:15:   School Food Service Presentation and Q&A
              Laina Fullum, Director, Nutrition Services, Columbia Public Schools
10:00: Farmer Panel and Q&A
             Jeff Adair, New Grass Bison
             Kathy Crowther, Bread of Life Organic Bakery
10:45: Break                                                                                                                                                  11:00: Distributor Presentation and Q&A
             Diana Endicott, Good Natured Family Farms
             Phil Pisciotta, Fresh Food Express
11:45:  Lunch
              Chef Kiersten Firquain, Bistro Kids
1:00: School Garden Panel
          Kirk Cusick, Whispering Cottonwood Farm Educational Center
          Nancy O’Connor, Community Mercantile Education Foundation
          Karen Elliott and Rachel McGinnis Millsap, Eating from the Garden, University of Missouri                                 Extension-Jackson County
1:45:    Presenters Panel
               Karen Wooten, Coordinator,  School Food Services for MO Department of Elementary and                                  Secondary Education
               Jodi Mackey, Director, Child Nutrition and Wellness Kansas State Department of Education
               Jerri Kemble, Superintendent of Centre School District (KS)
               and members of Farmer, School Garden Leader, and Distributor Panels
2:30:    Networking and School Garden Tour
               Kathy Baldwin-Heitman, Kansas City Academy
3:00:    Adjourn