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Student Ecoliteracy: The Publisher (in English): In this companion episode, we talk to Philip Lee, publisher of Readers to Eaters. They specialize in publishing kids books about nutrition and school gardens!

Student Ecoliteracy: The Author (in English): Katherine Pryor is an award-winning children’s book author and good food advocate who has worked to create better food choices at institutions, large corporations, and food banks. Her books are widely used in school garden curriculum, nutrition education, and anti-hunger initiatives.

Remarkable Academic Foods (in English): Join Rick and Michelle as they chat with Joshua Miller, Founder and Principal Consultant with Remarkable Academic Foods, who tells his journey in his mission to help transform school meals. 

Educating Kids Through Music: The Banana Slug String Band Part 2 (in English): Join us for our second part in a two-part series in our quest to explore the different methods of educating kids about their food and the environment: Educating kids through music. We continue our discussion with members of ...

Educating Kids Through Music: The Banana Slug String Band (in English): 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! 

Farm Lab-DREAMS Campus with Julie Burton (in English): Listen in on our conversation with Julie Burton and the amazing story of establishing a certified organic farm in the farm to school program in Encinitas, California.

Growing food changes lives: A discussion with Big Green’s Sam Koentopp (in English): Many organizations provide educational programming for school gardens across the USA. But what about the infrastructure of building the garden? How do you start? In this episode we hear how Big Green has a goal to start one million gardens with their home gardening kits!

The history of school gardens: A conversation with author Rose Hayden-Smith (in English): Most people haven't heard of the term "Farm to School."  Once the concept is explained to them, usually the next thing to learn is…what is a school garden? Typically, folks assume that school gardens are a relatively new ...

Food Lab: A small school where the kids scratch-cook their own meals (in English): Often times we highlight very large school districts with meal programs offering food made from scratch whenever possible. Because those places are large districts with many resources, there might be more opportunities to get ...

So you have a school garden...now what to do with that food? The Master Food Preserver episode! (in English): Many school gardens are able to produce an abundance of food. Usually they are able to bring the produce right in to the cafeteria.. But what if you have an overabundance of something? How can you save it? Can you can ...