Farmer Classroom Visits & Tastings

Where: AAPS Elementary Schools When: Various Times . For more information about Farm-to-School or to find out more about the specifics of being involved this schoolyear contact us. We need volunteers to assist local farmers of Tantre Farm, Corn Man Farm, and Harnois Farms with visits into the elementary classrooms of Ann Arbor Public Schools this spring! Volunteer responsibilities include helping wash and cut fresh veggies, helping distribute samples to youth, and aiding the farmer in the classroom throughout this fun and hands-on lesson! Please contact us if you are interested and more details will be provided.

The tasks of the assitant are simple, but essential to make this a success! Farmers will be talking about their individual farm, veggies, parts of plants, and healthy foods. In many cases, they will be sharing samples of many different delicious and tasty veggies from their farm. Volunteer assistants are there to help with veggie prep, distribute samples, help with supervision in the classroom, and engage students as often as possible when they are tasting new items. Farmers may also need help carrying supplies from the car, to the car, from the staff lounge for prep, to the classroom, etc... It is a lot of fun! These classroom visits are made possible through a growing partnership of many community and parent volunteers, partnering farmers, and two organizations working in AAPS, The Agrarian Adventure & MFit. It is an important component of a broader district-wide school lunch initiative sponsored by the Ann Arbor Farm to School Collaboration who is responsible for Farm Fresh Fridays and featured local farm items in the school lunches in fall 2008 and 2007. For more information, contact us.