Release Date: October 8, 2009

Students across the district celebrated New York State Farm to You Fest beginning October 5 with more than a week of activities designed to get kids thinking about the connection between the food on their plates and the bounty of their state’s farms. The activities were the result of the district’s partnership with the Bethlehem Healthy Kids Committee.

Activities for the week are outlined below. Visit the Healthy Kids Committee’s Web site for more information about the local events, and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Market’s Web site for statewide information.

• “Squash Hunger Produce Drive” for the hungry (in partnership with Capital District Community Gardens and the Bethlehem Food Pantry). All Bethlehem Schools collect and bring to central pick up location at McCarroll’s Delmar Marketplace on Delaware Av. Mon-Fri. from approximately 4:30 PM – 6:00PM. Students donated more than 1,000 pounds of fresh produce this year!

• “Farmers Market Scavenger Hunt” at the Delmar Saturday Farmers Market located at Bethlehem Middle School, Sat., Oct. 10th, 9AM-1PM.

• Students will welcome Visiting Farmers teaching in their classrooms at Hamagrael Elementary, Tues, Oct.6th and Fri, Oct. 9th, 9:30AM-1:00PM.

• At 9:30 am each day, students from Eagle Elementary will walk to a neighboring dairy farm, Sunnyside Farm, for a tour. For more details, contact Amy Conway at 439-4667.

• Students at Bethlehem Middle School will sample salads with vegetables freshly harvested from their own Organic School Kitchen Garden.

• School lunch menu featuring local products: all Bethlehem schools, Mon-Fri.

• Farm Fresh Recipe Contest: Bethlehem Elementary and Middle schools.  

 Farm to You Fest Photos

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