Posted October 22, 2014/Meria/, ,

We are ‘So Fresh’

Farm2school4I truly enjoyed our “Farm 2 Fresh” lunch theme last week!  Using a “Farm 2 Fresh” theme, select APS lunchrooms featured a local farmers market stand.
Tuesday, Brightside Farm of East Atlanta visited students at Bethune Elementary School. Brightside Farm grows a diversity of fruits and vegetables on two acres of land just miles from East Atlanta.  Wednesday, Love is Love made a stop at Brown Middle School. The 5-acre farm resides at Gaia Gardens near Decatur and is certified organic. 
Coastal Georgia Small Arms Coop  hosted its farmers market at Boyd Elementary on Thursday. This group of small farmers has maintained its farm-to-school program since 2005, producing and delivering its Georgia-grown vegetables.  
Farmer Christopher Horachek of Cosmos Organic Farm visits with Carver High School students.

Farmer Christopher Horachek of Cosmos Organic Farm visits with Carver High School students.

Cosmos Organic Farm paid a visit to students at the New Schools at Carver on Friday. Cosmos Organic Farm is a 13-acre urban farm located in East Point. The farm has been owned by one family for nearly a century. Also at Carver on Friday was The Good Shepherd Agro-Ecology Center, an urban farm located in Atlanta’s West End. Its farmer also manages UGRO (Urban Garden Resiliency Oasis) which is designed primarily as a learning garden to complement the production at Good Shepherd.

Students at all these schools were also be treated to a sample of fresh radish, sweet potatoes and pears by produce distributor, Freshpoint.
Here's the mix for kale ice cream!

Here’s the mix for kale ice cream!

There were cooking demonstrations that provided students an opportunity to see how healthy meals can be created from farm to table. Brown Middle School students were treated to collard greens provided by The Atlanta Botanical Garden as well as a cooking demonstration by Community Farmers Market. CFM operates the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market, Grant Park Farmers Market, Decatur Farmers Market, as well as an education program. 
I joined students in combining the kale ice cream mix and ice to harden our final creation.

I joined students in combining the kale ice cream mix and ice to harden our final creation.

The Captain Planet/ Food Corp took its fully-equipped cooking cart to Boyd, Bethune and the New Schools at Carver.  This was a great week in our cafeterias. 

 

 

 

 

 

Carver High School students picture a healthy future!

Carver High School students picture a healthy future!

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