• R.C. Mahar Middle School teamed up with Seeds of Solidarity Education Center to construct several cold frames at the school for vegetable production.
• UMass Amherst highlighted locally-grown foods from 16 farms during the week. On Tuesday, September 25th, a fiddle band played in one of the dining halls and farmers from the 16 farms joined students in the dining halls for a dinner featuring: roast turkey from Diemand farm; local vegetable medley and corn on-the-cob; salad bar; ice cream from Cook Farm, Bart’s and Mapeline Diary Farm; and warm apple crisp with apples from Bashista Orchard, Clarkdale Fruit Farm and Coldspring Orchards.
• Representative Ellen Story visited students at the Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst. First and second grade students participated in apple taste-testing following a lunch in the cafeteria featuring locally-grown foods.
• As part of a larger unit on locally-grown foods, Greenfield Center School students challenged themselves to eat anywhere from one local food item a day to 100% locally grown. The after school provided served locally-grown food.
• Hatfield Elementary School Students enjoyed locally-grown foods in the cafeteria with Representative Kocot.
• Senator Brewer joined the Orange Elementary School students for breakfast featuring local products. Students participated in taste testing of recipes featuring locally-grown foods.
• Amherst College featured locally grown foods in the cafeteria all week which culminated at a campus-wide BBQ on Friday featuring Mapeline Dairy Farm milk, local fresh vegetables and fruit, Smith Country cheese, Westfield Farm goat cheese, dressings made by Appellation Natural Dressings and apples and cider from a local orchard.
• The Mayor of Chicopee joined the students at Chicopee Public Schools for a lunch featuring locally-grown foods.
• Mount Holyoke College featured locally-grown foods from a variety of vendors during the week which include: Long Plain Farm, Czajkowski Farm, Australis Aquaculture, Nourse Farms , Atkins Farm and Diemond Farm.
• Southern Berkshire Regional District highlighted salad greens on their menu all week from Equinox Farms.
• Pittsfield Public Schools students ate locally grown foods from Joe Czajkowski Farm.
• On Wednesday, September 26th, special education students at Gateway Regional traveled to Breezeland Orchard to pick apples and enjoy a lunch highlighting other locally-grown items.
• Harvard Public Schools featured a breakfast oatmeal bar featuring local-fruit compote.
• Maynard Public Schools incorporated local vegetables from Lanni Orchards all week in the cafeteria.
• Shrewsbury Public School students ate locally-grown foods in the cafeteria from Lanni Orchards.
• West Boylston Public Schools highlighted locally-grown foods form Lanni Orchards as well as making gazpacho using vegetables from staff and faculty gardens.
• Somerville and Cambridge Public Schools will be holding assemblies with the New England Revolution Soccer Team who discussed the importance of local and healthy foods.
• The Epiphany School in Boston worked with The Food Project to integrate locally-grown foods into their cafeteria for the week as well as participated in education related to local foods.
• Umana Barnes Middle School and Lila G. Frederick Pilot School in Boston highlighted locally-grown foods daily in the cafeteria from Allendale Farm, the last working farm in Boston.
• On Wednesday, September 26th, Tufts University highlighted local at the Harvest Food Festival and Nutrition Fair.
• Students dining at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ate food grown within 150 miles of the school as well as hosing a cooking demonstration and luncheon for farm to school advocates on Monday, September 24th.
• Lynnfield Public School students enjoyed a variety of local items from Russell Farms.
• Bridgewater State College highlighted local products from Hanson Farm.
Check back after Harvest Week for a more detailed list of events and participating schools!